Comments on: Five Easy Steps to Editing Your Own Work

By: Writing Coach Toolbox: editing | Confident Writing

Writing Coach Toolbox: editing | Confident Writing — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:21:30 +0000

[...] For an entertaining reminder try Anna Goldsmith’s piece (guest writing at Copyblogger) on 5 easy steps to editing your own work: See, you know what you meant to write, so your eyes just fill in the blanks, overlook typos, etc. [...]

By: ApniVideo

ApniVideo — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:25:18 +0000

Another editing tip:
Keep a list of your own typical errors, and make a separate check for each of them. Typo errors may include writing \you\ for \your\ and \then\ for \than.\ (I know which is which, but my fingers don’t always encode these words correctly as I type.) I also watch for monotonous sentence patterns – all about the same length, or the same structure. And can I chop unnecessary words, especially \very\?

By: Grace Dunn

Grace Dunn — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:28:35 +0000

Very sound advice! Walking away is one of the best, and so is having someone else review your work. I’m SOOOO llucky to have a professional article editor for my mom, maya porter (mayaporter.com). She’s saved my butt for some college papers I turned in my freshman and sophmore years (I guess I learned from her, because I don’t need her touch anymore!).

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Writers and editors working together « CyberText Newsletter — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:34:07 +0000

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By: Santosh

Santosh — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:25:55 +0000

Hello
Just read your entire article with interest.
It is really fantastic.
I have recently started writing articles.I indeed had lots of editing problems.
Your article has given a great help in this editing process.
Thank you so mcuh

By: QueenZee

QueenZee — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:03:15 +0000

This article came at just the right time. I just finished looking over a book I wrote. I was trying to find all my errors, before actually sending it out to get edited. Great topic!

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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:24:34 +0000

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