WRITING LESSON: Final Suggestions For Polishing Your Writing

Re-read each sentence very slowly. You may need to re-read some sentences several times.

As you re-read, look for

1) comma and period problems,

2) fragments,

3) anything that might be confusing,

4) possible spelling problems,

5) clear transitions between sentences, chunks, and paragraphs,

6) dull words that could be replaced with FAST words,

7) lack of variety in sentence lengths,

8) and dull sections that could be helped by using some tools for adding elegance.