Five Tricks to Fix an Old Draft

Andrea Lawrence
4 min readMay 18, 2022
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Editing Tips

One of the smartest things a writer can do is write something and walk away from it for a time. Sometimes, we don’t have the opportunity to do this because we’re trying to fulfill a deadline as quickly as possible.

When you walk away from your draft for a while and then return, you’ll be more open to making changes. Instead of putting on the writer hat, you’ll be…

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Andrea Lawrence

Poet, creative writer, loves a bit of satire, food and wine journalist, relationship writer, interior design maven, Midwestern background.