Self-Editing: Top Tip

When you will be the only person to edit a piece before it goes to its final destination, you have to make sure you can catch any mistakes. Self-editing can be a difficult task, and if you want to do it well there is no substitute for reading out loud.

Reading aloud makes you look at your words a bit differently, and if you edit this way you can find mistakes or passages that just don’t flow well more easily than if you just read the words. Try this tip–it might be a simple one, but it works!