[HN Gopher] How to Edit Your Own Writing ___________________________________________________________________ How to Edit Your Own Writing Author : mapgrep Score : 9 points Date : 2020-04-08 16:24 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com) | farleykr wrote: | I used to shy away from editing my own writing. I felt like I | couldn't possibly make any improvements since I was the person | who wrote the writing that needed editing in the first place. But | once you get used to it, the real fun of writing is in the chance | to perfect what you're trying to say through editing. | ghaff wrote: | I generally agree with the piece, especially writing as | discovery. And I certainly identify with the opening being hard-- | in fact, there's a good argument for putting _something_ there so | that you can get on with writing the rest of the piece. I 've | sometimes probably spent a decent portion of my total writing | time figuring out a hook/analogy/etc. for the rest of the piece. | | The thing that's missing is that you also need another pair of | eyes at least for anything beyond a personal blog post where it's | somewhat OK to have mistakes. Obviously you can't get at least a | copy editor for anything but you basically can't publish even a | short book, report, or something like that without someone else | doing a careful read. | ksd482 wrote: | "And don't neglect a second pair of eyes: Ask relatives and | friends to read over your work. They might catch some things | you missed and can tell you when something is amiss." ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-04-09 23:00 UTC)