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7 Evergreen Steps to Edit All Your Writing
You can even use this for:
• tweets
• articles
• threads
• cold emails
• company emails
• Slack messages, etc.
• tweets
• articles
• threads
• cold emails
• company emails
• Slack messages, etc.
1. Print it out
Writing makes the implicit explicit.
Printing it out makes is explicit and tangible.
Writing makes the implicit explicit.
Printing it out makes is explicit and tangible.
2. Read it through and make changes to the digital version in real-time
3. Drop it in Hemingway Editor
Make it as easy to read as possible. Only keep yellow sentences if they improve flow. Rewrite red sentences.
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Make it as easy to read as possible. Only keep yellow sentences if they improve flow. Rewrite red sentences.
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4. Run it through your banned words list
Ctrl + f and remove all these words.
Here& #39;s mine:
- helps make
- that you
- just
- that
- already
- actual / Actually
- think
- pretty
- really
- to be
- great
- around
- a lot
- very
- thing
- much
- unfortunate / fortunate
- nice
Ctrl + f and remove all these words.
Here& #39;s mine:
- helps make
- that you
- just
- that
- already
- actual / Actually
- think
- pretty
- really
- to be
- great
- around
- a lot
- very
- thing
- much
- unfortunate / fortunate
- nice
5. Print it out again
6. Read it out loud and record yourself
Keep a red pen close! Mark all the words and phrases that sound clunky. Circle mistakes.
This is the most fruitful step.
Keep a red pen close! Mark all the words and phrases that sound clunky. Circle mistakes.
This is the most fruitful step.
7. Read it out loud once more, but slower
If it doesn& #39;t feel good, it& #39;s not. Make changes or chop!
If it doesn& #39;t feel good, it& #39;s not. Make changes or chop!
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