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EDITING

CLEANING IT UP

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  1. READ IT ALOUD
  • Pretend you’re giving a speech
  • Note stumbles, awkwardness, repetition
  • Only stop to mark areas of issue

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2. WORD CHOICE/LANGUAGE

  • Are all of your words and phrases necessary? Or are they just taking up space?
  • Are your sentences tight and sharp, or are they loose and dull?
  • Don't say in three sentences what you can say in one, and don't use 14 words where five will do.

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3. FINAL TOUCHES

  • If it looks wrong, it probably is (spacing, capitalization, MLA format)
  • Do a side-by-side comparison
  • Don’t use grammar that you don’t know. (e.g. I don’t get coordinate adjective commas, so don’t use them!)
  • TURN ON THAT SPELL CHECK

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