A neat little proofreading hint

  by  Niccolò Caranti 

I came across this idea a few years ago, but for no good reason promptly forgot about it soon after.

When you're tired of writing and fatigued from editing, it's tough to give your work a thorough proofing.  You read your writing, but in that state of mind the brain just doesn't do a good job of telling you what's actually on the page.  When that happens, you miss typos, and typos frustrate readers.

So try this: Read your own work out loud before publishing.  For some reason verbalizing what I've written always helps me catch embarrassing mistakes.