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How to be your own editor
Editing your own writing can be a difficult process. While it is always nice to be able to have a fresh pair of eyes review your writing, this is not always possible. But there are some tricks you can use to make yourself more likely to pick up on your errors when editing your writing. 1) Give it some time
You will be much more likely to catch errors in your writing if you are able to take some time between when you finish writing and when you begin editing. Even if it's just a 15 minute break for a snack, cup of coffee, or whatever else, spending some time away from your writing will help you to approach it in a new way when you go back to edit it. 2) Read aloud
Regardless of the tone of the piece you have written, reading it aloud will help you to find more errors than reading silently will. Reading aloud also will help you to identify places that are repetitive or poorly worded. Even if you can't read the entirety of your work aloud, you can use this technique on any crucial, tricky, or unusual parts of your writing. 3) Keep a dictionary nearby
Spellcheckers are wonderful tools, but they won't catch everything that is technically a misspelling. For example, "to," "too," and "two" are all words that a spellchecker will recognize as valid words. But many writers inadvertently type one when they mean another. For short words like this, a dictionary may not be helpful, but for words like "affect" and "effect," it can be invaluable for ensuring you have used the correct word for the context.
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I've learned a related tip and that is to read the content backwards. Not word for word backwards, but by lines or sentences. This helps take it out of context and look specifically for grammar and spelling errors. The mind will otherwise filter that out and never report anere.
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