TO REVISE OR NOT TO REVISE: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO REVIEWING SOMEBODY ELSE’S WRITING

Are you spending too much time editing other people’s writing?

This book takes a pioneering approach to solving a common academic, business, and governmental problem: On-the-job editing can escalate the cost of producing documents, delay the publication of important information, and demoralise professionals whose written words are re-written by someone else.

In To Revise or Not to Revise, you will discover how to:

• Stop re-writing.
• Start getting better writing from your staff or colleagues.

You will also learn:

• Why professionals don’t always write as well as they are able.
• How to establish a review process that has a measurable impact on the quality of writing.
• How you can communicate with writers to get higher-quality drafts.
• How to use proven techniques for building writers’ skills, motivation, and pride of authorship