Comments on: Your complete self-editing checklist

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:45:00 +0000

In reply to Leah Del Signore. Done!

By: Leah Del Signore

Leah Del Signore — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 07:30:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant. Would you share your checklist with me, too?

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:44:00 +0000

In reply to MP UPPAL. Thanks for your kind words!

By: MP UPPAL

MP UPPAL — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:22:00 +0000

Your checklist is like a treasure house of most useful tips for writers. Thanks!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:43:00 +0000

In reply to adel daoud. happy to do that but keep in mind it's not terribly exciting....

By: adel daoud

adel daoud — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:14:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant. Thanks, Daphne, for this post. I am just in the process of building my own checklist inspired by yours. I am curious about you 18 items. Would you like to share them for further inspiration?

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:08:00 +0000

In reply to Nicola Gillespie. It makes some people laugh when I say this, but the great thing about checklists is that you don't have to THINK to use them!

By: Nicola Gillespie

Nicola Gillespie — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:39:00 +0000

Thank you for these great tips, Daphne! I often struggle with editing my own work, so having this checklist will make the process easier.

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:18:00 +0000

In reply to Paul Field. Hi Paul, Your message is very readable! Just be aware that Utility-org and the Hemingway app are less reliable for shorter word counts. They work best at a minimum of 500 words.

By: Paul Field

Paul Field — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:37:00 +0000

Thanks Daphne! I always find your blogs interesting and this one is extremely practical and useful. I don’t write often, so I find a
checklist is invaluable for improving my writing quality.

I liked your suggestion to prepare an outline. I give presentations and I recently discovered the benefits of writing first and then extracting an outline. The outline is not only great for checking the points I’m making and the order, it’s also much easier to remember my content when I’m presenting!

And for fun, I put this comment into Online-Utility.org. The original had 20 words per sentence, so I’ve edited it in Hemingway and I hope it’s more readable now 🙂