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Subject:Re: How do you edit your own writing? From:Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 25 Jan 2001 06:55:56 -0500
> 1. Leave it for a day or more. If you can't do that, take a break
> before editing it.
>
> 2. View it in a different way. Print it out if it's on screen, print
> it in a different font if you're alread using hardcopy.
>
> 3. Use a ruler to go over everything line by line.
>
> 4. Read paragraph by paragraph from the end.
>
> 5. Read paragraphs randomly (and check them off as you read them).
>
> 6. Keep a list of your common errors. Read through once for each
> error.
>
> 7. Read out loud to get a different perspective.
>
> 8. Role-play, pretending you're a reader who has never seen the work
> before - preferably a reader who is not very knowledgable and not
> very smart.
>
To which i would add, run the document through a text to speech reader.
Of course one must be careful not to fall asleep during playback.
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Peter
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