1: Put some distance between you and your work

2: Read like a reader, not like an editor

3: Limit your first edit

4: Now, you can edit

5: Perform a line edit

6: Take it apart

7: Return to the outline

8: Read it aloud

9: Remove emphasis, unless you really mean it

10: Run a spell check

11: Know yourself

12: Know your goal

13: Edit other people’s work

via techrepublic