Think Write Grow: How to Become a Thought Leader and Build Your Business by Creating Exceptional Articles, Blogs, Speeches, Books and More

Chapter 9: Editing and Revisions

We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship. George Wald93

The great thing about writing is that you don’t have to get it right first time. In fact, most people don’t. Instead, they write and then revise through rounds of editing and proofreading. This is the last petrol stop before the freeway — your chance to make sure everything is right before you release your thought leadership material to the world.

Editing, proofreading and fact checking

The editing process should be broken into three phases. The first phase is ‘substantive’ editing, where you or another person reviews your document in depth and considers all the issues listed below under ‘The role of the editor’, from simple spelling to ...