Yes – it’s a trick I learnt when I was a student. I’d create what I thought was a great piece of work, hand it in and get a terrible response from the lecturer. And when I read my piece again I understood why – it didn’t flow at all.

The reason is that when you’re writing an article you know what you want to say so when you read it back you know what you mean. Reading it later, when you’ve forgotten your train of thought, shows up the points you need to amplify so that someone reading it for the first time knows what you’re on about.

Cheers,

Martin.