More than a single draft

As the Author of numerous books that form part of our popular culture, Michael Crichton mentioned: "Book's aren't written, they are rewritten. Including your own", this meaning that the pages contained in a book aren't written in a single draft, though they go through a constant process of revision for each word and every phrase in order to achieve the greatest impact with the lesser amount of words. However, this phrase doesn't have to adhere only to books, as every piece of spoken-read information that is valued as something of quality and significance has to pass different stages from the eyes of the creator and editors in orde to achieve Its final form, whether in the form of "Fact Checking" or considering what is the best way to convey an statement. That's why in this article I will talk further in depth about the process of edition and all the techniques that authors use in order to get their books to be more concise. Let's begin with the first one:

Why Edit?

Ever read an article that instead of providing you with valuable information gives you a rant about a situation or spins constantly around a single idea stated? I sure have, and I have ever sinned of doing this. The quality of these publications suffers because of the lack of thought and awareness that comes with editing, resulting in a lazy array of incoherent ideas or in plain and boring storytelling.

Now that we know how important is editing to the process of writing, we can begin to talk about common nuances that authors apply in order to make their content go straight to the point and at the same time be enjoyable:

Fact Checking:

Nothing worse that a piece of "objective" information of unknown sources. In this way the reader wouldn't know If what It is told is true or not, choosing to be doubtful about further explanations and losing trust in the content provider. That's why you have to study every thing that is said in order to confirm If what you're saying is veridic. Taking more time to check at google If you feel unsure about something you're writing is the most common way to implement this.

Word Economy

The most influential things ever said in the history of mankind are usually a set of no more than two line sentences, which contain just the right amount of words in order to make the phrases both coherent and not overbearing. This is what we want to reach with our statements, powerful messages that resonate with the audience and can be understood by everyone reading without taking too much time from them.

Avoiding redundancy

Another thing that writers apply to their projects is to not repeat words that have been used before with too much frequency in their paragraphs, and If they do (As Usually they will do because of the limitations of language) they are careful to space out iterations from one another, so that the same thing that has been portrayed two lines ago can't be found in a same sequence, giving in this way more dynamism to the book/article.

I hope that with all this concepts I could have given you some valuable information regarding of a tool as important as writing Itself, editing, and in the same manner validate the truthfulness of the fact that to write something you will mostly have to rewrite It. Thank you for your support and good luck!