Packing Heat Quickie 022: Turn Your Page Around
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Turn Your Page Around
Change Your Format, Change Your Point of View
My method of formatting my work for my self-editing likely grew out of a desire to save paper. But I've found that writing an initial draft one way, then reformatting it in your later edits, is a really good way to spot errors.
Here's my first draft. This is a 400-pixel wide thumbnail; you can click here for a full-sized view.
- Courier font, 12-point
- Single Spaced
- Left Justified
- Page setup: portrait
- Double return between paragraphs
Here's how I'll print it out for paper editing. (Full-sized here)
- Minion Pro 10-point
- Single spaced
- Left Justified
- Indent first line of paragraph .5 inches
- Page setup: landscape, 2-column
Sometimes a change as small as putting your text in a new font will allow you to spot errors you would have otherwise missed.
Be sure to insert NUMBERS on the bottoms of your pages before you print out! I speak from experience!
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