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Editing Your Own Work
Good writing is rewriting. A multi-pass editing system (structure, paragraphs, sentences, words, proofreading), cutting 10%, Orwell's six rules, passive voice and nominalizations, reading aloud, and tools that help without flattening your voice.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Clarity & concision; Sentence structure. Next: Copywriting. Sources: George Orwell, 'Politics and the English Language' (1946); Strunk & White; Stephen King's *On Writing* (2000); Joseph Williams's *Style*.Next: 1. Edit in passes