Helpful Editing Techniques.

Here are some editing techniques given by Debra Adelaide that I have been using since I attended the Write Around the Murray Festival.  I have been finding them very helpful, and have even been using them on my short stories.  To read more on these editing tips, visit my website.

1^st Reading:

• Don’t make corrections, just mark it and keep reading.

2^nd Reading:

• Concentrate on cutting.

3^rd Reading:

• Concentrate on adding material.

Other tips include:

• Always work from hard copy.
• Space it generously to allow for endless scribbling.
• Print in another font (so it won’t be so familiar).
• Take it to another place where you normally don’t write.
• Use a strongly coloured pen to make corrections.

Final and Most Important Tip:

• Give your work time: ignore it for as long as you can, then return to it with a renewed critical eye.