20
01.12
5:56
Enjoy doing editing work? If you can’t get work editing other writers’ manuscripts (you won’t always have a flood of professional clients), there are other opportunities for you to practice those skills. Specifically, you should be looking towards opportunities from the private businesses around your city. An often overlooked source for editing and proofreading jobs, many companies within your vicinity are actually in need of people with your kind of skills.
06
08.11
9:13
After finishing your draft, you want to set it aside to allow yourself time to clear your head. This rest period isn’t just about giving yourself a break — it’s also your chance to hop onto a different frame of mind. When revising your work, you take off the writing hat and get into editor mode.
16
06.11
6:24
Some writers edit their drafts without much forethought. They just read through and perform revisions on any part they come across that needs fixing. While this is a perfectly acceptable approach, it’s also a patently unorganized way of doing things, leaving some of your results to chance.
05
05.11
8:31
For inexperienced writers, one of the most common problem threads involve the propensity to revise while they’re drafting. While this style of composition can produce good results, it’s terribly inefficient. In fact, you’re likely doubling the time you need to spend on the job — not a good long term strategy, if you’re going to do a lot of writing in the future.
15
04.11
9:54
During first drafts, we tend to err on the side of excess — too many words, too much explanation and just plain a lot of unnecessary things going on. That’s why spending time cleaning up your work during revision is such an important step.