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Most writers edit everything at once — grammar in one sentence, structure in the next, purpose halfway through the page. The result is edits that contradict each other: a sentence you’ve tightened for clarity in one pass and then added caveats to in the next. The editing problem isn’t a lack of skill but a lack of separation. Content, structural, and copy editing are three different jobs that require three different modes of attention. https://stevearrants.substack.com/p/the-three-tiers-of-editing