1. Spelling and Punctuation
1.1. Spell-check
1.1.1. US spelling?
1.1.2. Homophones?
1.1.3. Commonly confused words (e.g. effect, affect)
2. References and citations
2.1. Cite because!!!
2.1.1. Show your research
2.1.2. Give credit
2.1.3. Avoid plagiarism
2.2. What style?
2.2.1. Harvard?
2.2.2. Follow guidelines
2.2.3. Be consistent
2.3. In-text citation
2.3.1. (Brooks, 1999)
2.3.2. Footnote/Endnote
2.4. Bibliography /References
2.4.1. Alphabetically by author surname
3. Strategies
3.1. Top down
3.1.1. Chapters
3.1.2. Sections
3.1.3. Paragraphs
3.1.4. sentences
3.1.5. Words
3.2. Read with a ruler
3.3. Read aloud
3.4. Start at the back
3.5. Leave aside and return
3.6. Get others to read
4. Structure
4.1. Complete?
4.1.1. Anything missing?
4.1.2. Remove irrelevant
4.1.3. Remove redundancy
4.2. Introduction /Conclusion
4.3. Logical Flow
4.3.1. Sequence
4.3.1.1. Parallelism
4.3.2. Mini Intros, context
4.3.3. Transitions
4.4. Page numbers
4.4.1. Roman (i, ii, iii, ...) for front matter
4.4.2. Arabic (1, 2, ...) from start of Introduction
4.5. Clarity
4.6. Precision
4.7. Grammar
4.7.1. Sentences
4.7.2. tense
4.7.3. pronouns
4.7.4. subject-verb agreement
4.8. Style
4.8.1. Personal language?
4.8.2. Contractions (e.g It's)?
5. Front matter, End matter
5.1. Title page
5.2. Abstract
5.2.1. Problem
5.2.2. Method
5.2.3. Result
5.2.4. Implications