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How to Edit Writing in 3 Steps

Grammarly

As tempting as it can be to consider the job of writing something finished as soon as you’ve done the hard work of getting your words down on the page, one of the best skills you can develop as a writer is the ability to edit your own work, from rewriting sections of a first draft to giving a final polish to your document.

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A Writer’s Secret Weapon: Add a Listening Pass to Your Editing Arsenal

Jane Friedman

How to do a listening pass First, email yourself the document or text that you’d like to have read aloud. Then, open the document from your email and download it into any eReader. Then, when I’m back at my desk, I add the notes to my project’s document, so I know what changes I need to make the next time I’m working on that scene.

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Coming Next Year to Cambridge University Press

Arrant Pedantry

My chapter is titled “Dictionaries and Editors”, and, as you might guess, it focuses on the relationship between dictionaries and some of their most frequent users, copy editors and proofreaders.

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How to Write a Resignation Letter for a Career Change

Grammarly

It’s important for companies to have this document as a legal record of the timeline of your departure. You will also need to finish as much of the work you’re currently doing and prepare your offboarding documents during this time. When proofreading your letter, you should also ensure it doesn’t ramble or go off on tangents.

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11 Ways to Avoid Workplace Miscommunication

Grammarly

Well-written documentation allows for uniform distribution of the same information, eliminating the potential for hearsay. Written communication can also act as a reference source and a historical document, allowing readers to refer to it when needed and providing evidence of the exact communication for future reference.

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Need A Book Editor? Contact Me Today!

Melanie Saxton

Some authors need nothing more than proofreading. Proofreading Usually, authors hire proofreaders in the very last pre-publication stage to surveil for misspellings, capitalization errors, grammar and punctuation errors, and other simple errors that slipped through the cracks in earlier reviews.

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Need A Book Editor? Contact Me Today!

Melanie Saxton

Some authors need nothing more than proofreading. Proofreading Usually, authors hire proofreaders in the very last pre-publication stage to surveil for misspellings, capitalization errors, grammar and punctuation errors, and other simple errors that slipped through the cracks in earlier reviews.