I recently read a website article about managing debt in which the writer used piggy banks to illustrate a point and, in describing them, mentioned their curly pink tales.

A writer isn’t always lucky enough to have a second pair of eyes to look over an article to check for grammar, spelling and repetitiveness. We must rely on ourselves to be able to spot these things. These four tips will help you become a better self-editor and reduce the number of rejections due to simple mistakes that went without correction.