Read it out loud

In writing some scripts for a client’s training project yesterday, I used an age-old but nonetheless effective technique for polishing them to perfection — reading aloud.

Reading the scripts in a real voice in real time so I could hear how they sounded helped me catch potential stumbling blocks and even a typo before sending it off to the client for review.

In your own copy, take a minute to read it outloud or, better yet, ask someone else to read it while you listen.

By JanO on 9/20/07, In writing, Tags advice, dialogue, editing, great copy, hate to write, how to write, how-to, ideas, non writers, self-publishing, shortcuts, typing