How to SELF EDIT To Improve Writing Skills

It is during the editing process that a mediocre first draft can be polished into an outstanding text that serves its purpose—getting your message across clearly and accurately to the reader. Thus learning to edit will make you a more proficient, more polished writer. There are no tricks, no magic formulae, no secrets to editing; it is a matter of knowing rules and applying them.

This book aims to assist you to write, and this communicate more effectively. Rules and guidelines are given, using as little linguistic terminology as possible. Examples are offered, followed by practice exercises. As there are no definitive 'answers' when it comes to editing—often a number of solutions are available to improve a phrase or a sentence—suggested revisions are provided at the end of the book so that you can make comparisons with my effort and yours.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Part One: Ways of Editing
  • Working with Wordds
  • Working with Sentences
  • Improving a Story
  • More Ways to Improve Writing
• Part Two: Revised Sentences
  • Suggested Revision