It's pretty tempting to skip over the proofreading process.  I get it . . . after completing edit after edit the narrative should be in good shape, right?  Wrong!  

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As a writer, I know how exciting it is to finally submit a piece I've been working on for what feels like eternity.  I also know what it's like inside my own head, and that can be detrimental to my final piece.  You're probably confused by that statement, so allow me a chance to explain. 

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Writers work on a project from the very moment the idea pops into their heads to the moment they hit "submit."  This means writers are reading their own work dozens of times (if not more), and have such a close relationship to the writing, that it actually contributes to silly mistakes because their eyes gloss over what their minds know "should" be written.  I refer to this as seeing through "writing goggles." 

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Through the proofreading process, writers throw off their writing goggles and give their work one, two, maybe even three more reads in order to catch silly blunders.  After you've spent countless hours working on your writing piece, do you want it to be anything less than pleasantly polished?

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