Editing and Proofreading
Editing (making your writing effective):
Editing paragraphs:
Topic sentence?
Sentences support topic sentence?
Detail?
Too long, too short, just right?
Transitions?
Interesting?
Satisfactory ending?
Editing sentences:
Complete sentences?
Active voice?
Parallelism?
It or there?
Varied sentences?
Editing words:
Used right?
Too vague, too general?
Tone?
Clear antecedents?
Overused expressions?
Stereotypical language?
To be, to do, to have? Too much?
Its and it's?
Proofreading:
Fix it!
Clean it up, polish it, make it presentable. Last checkover, like before you head out the door on a
hot date.