[header] How to edit a book [title] Edit as you write. [step] Every day before you write, go back and re-read what you have already written. Fix obvious mistakes in grammar, syntax, perspective, tense, spelling, and punctuation immediately.
When you see something you think needs to be re-written or fact-checked, mark it. [substeps] By the time you finish your first draft, it will already be in relatively tidy shape.