4 Mistakes That Make New Writers Hard to Take Seriously

If you want readers to trust (and pay) you, edit these out of your writing

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I’ve edited everything from two-sentence ads to 80k-word books published by Big Four publishers.

Interestingly, the biggest editing mistake new writers make isn’t actually on grammar and spelling.

It’s the lack of “technical confidence.”

New writers don’t trust themselves or their readers. This lack of confidence leads to overcompensation that weakens their writing in predictable ways.

The good news? Once you recognize these patterns, you can start fixing them.

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The Real Reason It’s So Hard to Grow Your Audience as a Writer

1. Not making a sentence “speak for itself”