From the course: Editing Mastery: How to Edit Writing to Perfection
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Does every point make sense?
From the course: Editing Mastery: How to Edit Writing to Perfection
Does every point make sense?
- Okay, now that we've broken up the points into individual sentences, which was really, mainly a technical step, the next step is the first of what I would call the evaluation steps where we're gonna start evaluating the actual information. This is the first of those, but before I go into that, a quick reminder that we're still in the content edit where we're only dealing with the content, the actual information. This step right here is to make sure that everything makes sense. This is the first of the evaluation steps. We're gonna make sure that every point actually makes sense. I'm gonna put all the points that we sorted out and lay them out for this kind of evaluation. Before I go through them myself, I want you to have a go through. Again, go through the resources, grab what we have there, and just italicize or bold any points that you think don't make complete sense to you. Just kind of highlight them at this stage and then join me again for the full rundown so we can compare…
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What is the territory of the piece?4m 35s
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Sample article8m 22s
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What is its ultimate purpose?1m 23s
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What are the individual points?1m 27s
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Demonstration: Breaking up the points19m 37s
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Does every point make sense?1m 17s
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Demonstration: Making sense of each point8m 36s
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Is every point relevant?2m 19s
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Demonstration: Deleting irrelevant points2m 19s
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Is every point worthwhile?1m 42s
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Demonstration: Eliminating rambling10m 24s
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Is every point unique?1m 17s
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Demonstration: Getting rid of repetition15m 58s
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Are all the "facts" correct?2m 16s
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Demonstration: Verifying the "facts"9m 15s
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Is anything missing?1m 19s
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Demonstration: Adding in missing information4m 29s
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