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4 Ways Editing Others Work Can Make You A Better Writer
An editor is a fantastic writer if they use the tools they learn in writing.
As a writer, it’s somewhat expected for one to be editing their own work. You look at your lines, make sure everything flows together, everything is spelled properly, and that you’re conveying the right kind of message.
To this day, my editing skills aren’t used much. I have a handful of rules that I stick to when I get to writing and I ensure the document looks alright before publishing.
And that is probably the case for most other writers.
But all of that tends to change when a fellow writer or someone else asks you to look over their work.
Over the years, I think back to how my writing style developed and shifted. It’s gone through plenty of iterations as I read articles and ask myself questions.
But it all started with a friend who was asking me for editing work.
It was around the time I was doing some editing work for an acquaintance in the Czech Republic where English wasn’t his first language.
This editing work though was with a Canadian writer who had a grasp of the language and is an intelligent man. I still keep in close contact with him…
