Editing Writing Making writing better © Seomra Ranga 2012 .

Editing Writing

Making writing better

© Seomra Ranga 2012 www.seomraranga.com

EditingOEditing a piece of writing is

the process by which the author critically analyses the writing

OEditing is also known as “re-drafting”


EditingOThe aim is to improve the

piece of writing and make the meaning clearer for the reader

OThe author asks questions to help improve the writing


EditingOThere are many ways that an

author can edit their workOThis method is called the A.R.R.R. Method. It

stands for Adding, Re-

arranging, Removing,

Replacing


AddingOWhat else does the reader need to know that should be added into my story?


Re-arrangingOIs the information in my story in the best order for the reader?


RemovingOAre there any extra details, that don’t help the story, that can be taken out?


ReplacingOAre there any words/details that can be replaced by stronger/clearer words/details?


EditingOTry out the A.R.R.R. Method when you are editing/re-drafting your writing.


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