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A fantasy & science fiction writer's blog by author Mathias Cavanaugh
Jul 13 2012
A Good Bit Of Editing Advice
Posted by in Editing, The Writing Process
When I’m editing, I find that the most effective means of correcting mistakes is just to simply read what is written out loud. If it sounds bad coming out, then it needs work.
I don’t know what it is, but sitting there, reading silently, just let’s too many awkward sentences pass by. Only by reading out loud do I find the errors.
Somehow, it seems, the mind auto corrects to ignore the problems that clearly exist.
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