Hello again and welcome to the final lesson. In this one, we're going to take that Polish second draft that you put together and then revise it until it is the final draft that will make everyone proud. Let's dive in. Alright, we are in the homestretch. In this final lesson, we will talk about how to write a final draft that is actually good at last. By the end of this lesson, you're going to be able to polish your second draft to the best possible version of your argument.

You're going to fix all the mistakes in your blog that will stop critics from getting angry at you and your comments section. So the purpose of the final draft that is silencing your critics in advance now that you have a draft that expresses the ideas you love, and it would make sense to a thoughtful, enthusiastic reader, it's time for the toughest part which is revising with your critics in mind. I want you to picture a naysayer a competitor a person whose mission is to see second guess all of your ideas and make sure that you actually know what you're talking about when you're writing someone who picks apart everything that you write in your blog. That is, so you need to think about for the final draft. It's time to double check your arguments, verify your facts and use statistics and evidence to back up any generalizations you made.

You have to be strict with yourself because this draft needs to be as airtight as possible. So most importantly, it's going to be strict about how your content flows from point to point. When you're editing your final draft. Do you want to cut tangents, jokes or stories that don't help your argument? You want to eliminate any extra adverbs passive voice or any other extraneous words that are not doing anything to add to the argument that you want to make. So you know, anticipate your reader questions and answer them, anticipate your reader critiques and resolve them.

And at this stage, it's especially important to have another person help you edit and review your draft, your editor is always going to find things you overlooked because they naturally have a critical distance from your work. Now, it's important to not bring an editor in until you've gotten closer to this final draft because you don't want to have to rely on another person to do all the hard work for you. You want them to find things you could not find for yourself. Think of your editor as the practice audience for your work. They can help propose cuts and changes that you might forgive yourself for because your editor is going to have your best interests at heart. that in mind, it's time for our final exercise.

I want you to revise the second draft of your blog and fix any issues that your worst critic would attack. Remember to be strict with yourself and dive in deep to make sure this is as airtight as it possibly can be. And now it's time for evaluation. So look at this final draft you put together Did you eliminate passive voice weird phrasing and any remaining error Did you check all your statistics to make sure the sources that you were using were trustworthy? Are there any weak phrases or sentences in this draft that a harsh reader would notice and criticize? and probably most importantly, do you feel like this final draft represents your best work?

Now, if you don't like your answers to any of these questions, it's a sign you need to go back and take a closer look at this final draft, revise it and make sure it's the best work you possibly can do. Now that you have finished your final draft, congratulations, you have finished a blog that is actually good. Give yourself a high five. And please upload your blog post to the Project Gallery so I can read it. I can't wait to take a look closer look at your work. And I'm sure your classmates would love to see it as well.

So in this course, you learned a lot of things. Let's talk we learned about the importance of focusing on your audience, you learned about how to write an effective title You'll learn about why outlines are useful and save you a lot of time you learn 12 ways to begin your blog post effectively, and you'll learn how to approach drafts and revisions. If you've enjoyed this course, please rate review and share it. I would love to hear more of your comments and suggestions on how I can improve as a teacher. And if you'd like to follow me for more marketing insights or any other things that I'm thinking about there is my Twitter handle mauler baller. My website is also there as well if you'd like to review some of the copywriting work that I've done in the past.

Many thanks and I hope you have a wonderful career as an actually good writer.