After you’ve written: How to edit for clarity and punch
- Write with the door closed, edit with it open. Find someone you trust who can look over what you’ve written and give you honest feedback. But make sure you set proper expectations.
- Treat your draft like a journalist. A piece must answer the 5 Ws: Who? What? Where? When? Why?
- Read it out loud. Good writing has a musical nature to it. It flows and builds and stops at the right moments.
- Outline your finished draft.
- Walk away before you hit send. Great editing comes from seeing your words as the reader, not the writer.
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