How to Edit Your College Essay

Editing is the most difficult part of completing a college essay. Editors will tell you of the hard decisions they have to make on the content and structure of a piece of writing. You will go through the same process. Whether it’s determining how relevant a point is or just trying to stay within the word count, it’s important to know about the golden rules of editing.

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#1 Check the Structure

Coherency is the cornerstone of any successful research paper. Your thesis should set the scene and make it clear to the reader exactly what this paper is about. It should lead into your major and minor points in one long link. Each paragraph should make it clear what it’s about to talk about.

The easiest way to check the structure is to take your thesis and write it down. Write down the opening statement of each section/paragraph and see if it makes sense. A coherent essay will make sense.

#2 Relevancy

Assuming your essay is perfectly coherent, see if you can remove any of your points. Having more points than necessary dilutes your essay and the point you’re trying to make. The best way to check for relevancy is to remove each point one-by-one. If your paper still makes sense and has the same level of ‘power’ attached to it, the point you’ve made probably isn’t needed.

#3 Boredom

The way you arrange your points is contusive to an interesting piece of writing. Rearrange them in the wrong way and your reader will lose interest. They’ll finish the essay, but they will have already tuned out by the end of it. Editors always make sure their main points have been spaced out to keep the reader interested. Lesser points should come in between these.

Author bio: Robert Hudson is a writer and proofreader. He generally writes on different topics and also he is writing for Essay4students.com which provides professional essay writing help for everyone.