On of the best editing tools in an editors toolbox is the reverse outline. When you read a text try to make a way too detailed outline for it. In a good text t

On of the best editing tools in an editors toolbox is the reverse outline. When you read a text try to make a way too detailed outline for it. In a good text this will still make sense, if you text has jumpy thoughts they will show up in that reverse outline and you can fix them by removing or reshuffling things or by reducing the interuption of the inserted text (by shortening the passage, by rephrasing the sentence, by moving it into a footnote, etc.)