on Writing Forward:

Writing leaves an impression. Readers will come away from your work feeling informed, entertained, inspired, even moved.

Or will they?

When I was in high school and during my early college days, I wrote papers and turned them in without giving them so much as a second glance — no revisions or rewriting and no proofreading or editing. My papers often came back marked up, and the markings almost always pointed out grammar, spelling, and punctuation rules that I already knew – but because I hadn’t bothered to edit my work, I’d accidentally broken the rules and turned in an unpolished piece of writing that was peppered with typos.

Writing and editing are essential steps in any project, but too often, we skimp on editing and end up with unpolished prose.

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