From the course: Editing Mastery: How to Edit Writing to Perfection
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Demonstration: Arranging paragraphs
From the course: Editing Mastery: How to Edit Writing to Perfection
Demonstration: Arranging paragraphs
- [Instructor] Okay, so here's my effort at putting the points that we have into helpful paragraphs. This first one is okay. I think that can stay on its own for this news article. And I'm gonna put these two together. From August first, all soft drink companies will have to display a color code on their bottles showing consumers at a glance whether the sugar content in them may be harmful. The so-called traffic-light labeling system will help people to know instantly if the quantity of sugar in a soft drink is high, medium, or low. Now red will show this, amber will show this, and green will show this. I will put those together, and I will also link that to this one. The government plans later to introduce a similar coding system to highlight salt and fat content. I feel that that kinda gives it, it rounds that off. It's just an aside, so I think that works well. Latest measures have been planned for five years, and they were outlined by this person. I'll put that together. Under the…
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Is there narrative definition?3m
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Demonstration: Creating narrative "turns"6m 58s
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Does it read well?3m 36s
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Demonstration: Making the piece read well24m 49s
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Is there any clutter?51s
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Demonstration: Clearing up the clutter5m 2s
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Are the paragraphs in good shape?1m 28s
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Demonstration: Arranging paragraphs4m 30s
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Could it start better?2m 52s
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Demonstration: Creating a jazzy intro5m 21s
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Could it end better?1m 40s
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Demonstration: Creating a snazzy ending3m 44s
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Can we make it more evocative?1m 15s
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Demonstration: Adding color to the narrative4m 9s
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Is every person and entity correctly introduced?46s
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Demonstration: Tidy references7m 39s
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