1. While writing editing, you should your paper aloud as this assist you to find clunky and awkward parts.
2. You may have heard something about reading backwards, word by word. This works as you bypass your mind tendency to complete what it expects to observe, allowing you to find spelling mistakes you might otherwise miss. Read from back to front, paragraph by paragraph or sentence by sentence to insure that every sentence and every paragraph is coherent.
3. It is recommended to wait a night or longer, before beginning your writing editing. Many times we make logical mistakes that seem right at the time, as our minds are full of ideas, arguments, and examples related to our subject matters; while we approach our paper writing with a clear mind, although, those mental links are gone, and what we have written counts.
4. We are often too wordy. When you may have to join a word or two while writing editing, generally, you must be taking words out. Brief writing is easier and more powerful to read rather than lengthy prose.
5. Each point, statement, joke, question, even each word must have a reason to be within your piece; in case it does not, strike it. Be critical — if a phrase or word does not attach value to your work, rid yourself of it.
6. Watch for fancy phrases and words and cut them. Unpracticed writers often imitate the language of academia. Though you are in academia, you should not use academic writing model. While there is a place and time for jargon, primarily jargon exists to keep out audiences, not include them.