From Draft to Polished Piece: Editing Nonfiction for Clarity and Impact

Finishing a draft can feel like crossing a finish line. You’ve wrestled with structure, wrangled research, shaped voice. The words are there, paragraphs stacked like bricks. Relief sets in—until you realize the work isn’t over. Drafts are raw material. The true writing begins in revision, when you move from what you wanted to say to what the reader will actually hear.