Editing and proofreading
The language of academic scholarship requires a clear, concise yet detailed presentation of information.
If you intend to write reports or research articles in your future career, you’ll need to learn how to edit and proofread your own work. If you’re collaborating with others, you’ll need to be able to edit and proofread their contributions as well, so that your collective work is well-received. Here, you’ll find four mini-workshops:
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Editing: Macrostructure
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Editing: Paragraphs and sentences
Download Activity 2 Editing paragraphs
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Editing for style and clarity
Download Activity 2 Editing for style
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Proofreading
Writing & Editing guides
The university has its own style writing guide. So does every academic journal. Make sure you know the requirements before you start writing. Here are some useful resources:
- RMIT Writing Style Guide
- The basics: spelling, academic style,sentence construction
- Grammarly Grammar Check
- Academic word list tool
- Making Word templates
- Referencing guides
- Using a semi-colon with ‘however’
