Welcome to the editing process hearing to talk about revising before editing. Now revision is the step of the reading process where you as the writer reviews and then amend your manuscript. So good writers will go through multiple drafts and revisions. I know this can be overwhelming, feel exhausting, but it's a really important before moving on to the editing and proofreading stage. Now, revising differs from editing and proofreading because it requires you to look at your manuscript as a whole document. So matters like sentence structure, word choice, grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc.

Are all about the editing and proofreading process. Now to ensure that you're able to read your manuscript with a critical eye, you have to create some distance between you and your draft. So keep in mind some of the following strategies. Read your draft slowly. If you're viewing it for the first time with new eyes, does your draft address a question or the problem that your reader really cares about? What material might you delete?

That can be a difficult process. Now, read the draft out loud to yourself or to a friend. You can you can record yourself, then listen to it and maybe have somebody read the draft to you. It's totally up to you. Take a break after every revision and breathe, do some deep breathing practices. Once you feel you have a solid draft after multiple revisions, you'll then move on to the editing and proofreading stage.

You're doing great, so just keep going. I know it can be emotionally draining at times, but make sure that you're you know, filling your soul cup up. You're recharging yourself with meditation. Good food, lots of water. Make sure that you're hydrating yourself while you're writing. Okay, I'll see you in the next video.