The Copyediting Guide: How to Polish Your Writing Like a Pro

by Helen Bolam

The world of writing is more than just fiction writers, it includes professional writers such as freelance writers, copywriters, technical writers, and business writers. Writing is the lifeblood of many of these writers, after studying long and hard for years, gaining degrees from prestigious universities and colleges. Many professionals take for granted the fact their occupation is based in and around writing. Writing important reports and documents meticulously day in day out. If writing is part of your profession you probably don't give it a second thought, it's second nature and part of what you do. In order to become efficient , productive , and effective at what you do you need to understand your own personal behaviours. Editing your own writing can seem uneventful and unexciting at the best of times. Writing your draft, then itching to get it out into the world. All it needs is one more read through and spellcheck, and presto! It's ready.

Wrong!

You need to start developing your self-editing skills in these four 1. Concentration and stamina
2. Technique
3. Mindset
4. Tools
(Excerpt from The Copyediting How to Polish Your Writing Like a Pro ) Grab your copy today!

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Published September 10, 2020

About the author

Helen Bolam is a writer, author, blogger, podcaster offering advice to writers to cure their writing pains.

Check out Helen's Voice Files podcast and 1976write Podcast, both on Substack.

Helen loves walking and reading her Bible. All of Helen's books are written in a jargon free manner on topics she's had experience with. Ultimately her goal is to inspire others!