Editing

This episode focuses on editing, the aspect of writing process in which we refine our sentences for style and clarity.

Transcript available here.

Additional Materials:  

• Purdue OWL's "Concision"
• Purdue OWL's "Avoid Common Pitfalls."  This page covers many elements that can make sentences harder to read, issues you'll want to focus on while editing.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center's "Writing Concisely"
• "A Demonstration of Richard Lanham's Paramedic Method."  The paramedic method was developed by Richard Lanham.  It provides a systematic way to look for and recast elements that make sentences less concise.  The link leads to a video I created on this model.
• Guide to Grammar and Writing's "The Passive Voice"
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte Writing Resources Corner's "Nominalizations: Know Them. Try Not to Use Them"
• Purdue OWL's "Strategies for Variation." This page focuses on strategies for varying the kind of sentences you write.
• Walden University OASIS's "Varying Sentence Structure"

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