Proofreading Checklist to Dazzles Your Readers

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Toggle Is your headline snappy and eye-catching? status

Is your headline snappy and eye-catching?

Toggle Are you telling a story? status

Are you telling a story?

Toggle Is your content fresh and unique? status

Is your content fresh and unique?

Toggle Is your content engaging and exciting? status

Is your content engaging and exciting?

Toggle Does your story feature a struggling hero who eventually wins the day? status

Does your story feature a struggling hero who eventually wins the day?

Toggle Does your intro grab attention? status

Does your intro grab attention?

Toggle Does your voice shine through? status

Does your voice shine through?

Toggle Have you considered adding bullet and number lists? status

Have you considered adding bullet and number lists?

Toggle Have you included humour? status

Have you included humour?

Toggle Do your sentences and paragraphs have one idea only? status

Do your sentences and paragraphs have one idea only?

Toggle Are you mostly writing in the active voice? status

Are you mostly writing in the active voice?

Toggle Have you turned generalisations into specifics? status

Have you turned generalisations into specifics?

Toggle Is your writing visual? status

Is your writing visual?

Toggle Have you given real-world examples? status

Have you given real-world examples?

Toggle Do quotations come before the name of the quoted person? status

Do quotations come before the name of the quoted person?

Toggle Does each sentence, paragraph, post and title end on a strong word? status

Does each sentence, paragraph, post and title end on a strong word?

Toggle Does your writing flow? status

Does your writing flow?

Toggle Have you pruned your content to keep it punchy? status

Have you pruned your content to keep it punchy?

Toggle Is your ending unexpected? Will it surprise readers? status

Is your ending unexpected? Will it surprise readers?

Toggle Is your beginning hook 25%, your middle build 50%, and your ending payoff 25%? status

Is your beginning hook 25%, your middle build 50%, and your ending payoff 25%?

Toggle Have you left your reader feeling inspired? status

Have you left your reader feeling inspired?

Toggle Have you checked your content for grammar, flow and punctuation? status

Have you checked your content for grammar, flow and punctuation?

Toggle Have you optimised the images? status

Have you optimised the images?

Toggle Have you included tags? status

Have you included tags?

Toggle Are you ready to promote the content via social media and other channels? status

Are you ready to promote the content via social media and other channels?

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Craig J Todd

Craig J Todd

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Introduction

If I’ve learned one thing from years of writing online content – it’s that proofreading is essential. Quite honestly, it’s the difference between looking like someone having a stab at writing, and someone who is a fluent, professional writer. That's why I created a proofreading checklist that I use before publishing any piece of content. Hopefully, you'll find the checklist as useful as I do.

Details

You’ve no doubt started to read a blog or webpage before quickly discovering a trail of grammar and formatting errors. If you’re like most readers, you’ll find this hugely off-putting. In fact, you’ll probably just click away and search for alternative content. Of course, it’s not just about grammar and formatting. Your content needs to be emotive, punchy and gripping. (Readers must want to read on!) So, whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction, use this checklist to make sure that your content is ready to dazzle your readers. And if you need more information on any of the items in the checklist, please drop me a line and I’ll be happy to help.

Who it's for

This Proofreading Checklist to Dazzles Your Readers is for teams that want consistent execution, less rework, and clear ownership.

  • Standardize quality - run the same Proofreading Checklist to Dazzles Your Readers steps every time, regardless of who executes
  • Save time - reuse a proven Proofreading Checklist to Dazzles Your Readers workflow instead of rebuilding processes from scratch
  • Improve accountability - assign owners and see what's done vs. what's pending
  • Onboard faster - use the Proofreading Checklist to Dazzles Your Readers checklist as the SOP and training guide
  • Coordinate across roles - handoffs are clear and everyone works from the same source of truth

How to use it

How to use this Proofreading Checklist to Dazzles Your Readers:

  1. Start by saving it - save as a Template if you'll reuse it, or as a Checklist if it's a one-off project.
  2. Customize it once for your workflow - remove what doesn't apply and add your team-specific steps.
  3. Assign ownership and execute - set owners/due dates where needed and track completion as work happens.
  4. Reuse without rebuilding - when Proofreading Checklist to Dazzles Your Readers comes up again, start from your saved version and run it with clear ownership.

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