Constant Content

Some of authors here know well about my editing problems. While I can write on and on, editing is something that stops me. If I start editing an article, the moment, I may just sleep. It is extremely hard for me to find mistakes as well, my eyes seem to be rather small. |-) Can anyone please suggest some ways to make editing part of writing interesting? Any ways to spot errors faster? Ways to actually enjoy doing editing. When we don't enjoy doing something, we tend to err in out of uninterest. So, any suggestions to make editing easy, friends?

Thanks,
Lenin

Read out loud to yourself in a different accent.

Give yourself a treat every time you find a mistake.

Put some money in the bank for every error you correct.

Keep a tally of your articles' errors and watch the progress of your improvement.

For every half hour of proofreading you do, do something you enjoy for half an hour.

Print out your work, mark errors with brightly colored pens, and hang your "artwork" next to your desk.

Ed

hi thanks ed,

I'm curious to hear others' ideas about making proofreading your own articles "fun."

I have to admit, I love proofreading!

The only articles I've ever found frustrating and infuriating to proofread ended up being articles I hadn't wanted to write in the first place. By sticking to subjects I enjoy, I've eliminated that problem.

I do have to give it a couple of days, usually, between writing and proofreading. I need to take a break from the subject matter. Then I read it aloud, and any inconsistancies become apparent.


AThompson