An excellent poet or fiction writer, such as James Joyce, is qualified to flout these rules. An amateur non-fiction writer or editor is not. It is seldom effective to edit your own writing. Someone else will usually be more decisive and insightful - unless you are superhuman or leave an interval of at least six months. If you cannot do it effectively, you should pay an editor.
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Any draft to be edited should always be typed or printed double-spaced, ie with blank lines between the lines of text. For clarity, make corrections in a different colour - preferably red. Use an agreed code of symbols, with marginal marks to ensure no corrections are missed. Organisation Make sure the text is clearly divided, eg into sections, chapters, pages. Middle heading The cold end is actually made up of several parts.