The Importance of Getting a Professional to Proofread Your Content
“How on earth did I miss that typo?!”
Have you ever worked on a piece of writing, lovingly crafting and nurturing it until it conveys just what you want to say. You are certain that there is nothing you could possibly have missed, only to have someone later point out the glaring mistakes?
The good news is that it’s not your fault!
Psychologists have recently discovered that there is a practical reason why you might not be able to spot errors in your own work. According to Tom Stafford, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Sheffield, our brains are programmed to use different parts of the brain for different intellectual tasks.
Tom Stafford explains that “when you’re writing, you’re trying to convey meaning. It’s a very high-level task”. Your brain focuses on the bigger picture, creating a narrative with meaning and structure. Therefore, when you review your work you are naturally focusing on your piece of work as a whole and the message that you wish to convey, rather than the small details.
Getting a professional to review your writing, whether it is commercial work, study projects or personal writing, is always worth it. It may seem low on the list of priorities but those small errors that you miss can interrupt or even remove the reader from the message you are trying to convey – small speed bumps in your writing that interrupt the reader’s journey. Best of all, giving your work to a professional to fine-tune gives you the extra free time to concentrate on other things, especially those high-level tasks!
If you think that we can help you to catch those tricky typos and raise your writing to the next level, please get in touch, we at Bespoke are here to help you.
