Typically, writers work when ideas flow; and to avoid losing them, they type quickly. When this happens, they often make typos: letters that are left over, missing, in the wrong place, etc.

Here are some tips that can help you when writing, so that you can give the proofreader an improved text and not make him/her want to stab his/her eyes when correcting you.

• After writing, read the text elaborately.
  

• Read the text aloud: this is to identify more easily if there is a typo, because if there is one, reading aloud will automatically make you interrupt the reading when you see the error. This is because reading aloud takes a little more concentration. In addition, doing this will allow you to recognize spelling mistakes, especially missing punctuation marks due to pauses you make aloud.
  

• Read letter by letter: avoid reading the word in its entirety; if you don't read each letter carefully, your brain will automatically "complete" the word you are reading, and you won't see the error there. On the other hand, if you read letter by letter, you can easily detect an error that you would not have noticed before.

• If you find it difficult to concentrate, imagine that you're writing on paper: in the moments when your concentration fails more and you cannot read carefully, visualize the word you are reading at that moment and imagine that you are writing it by hand, letter by letter. The moment you "write" a letter and it's either missing or out of place, bingo! You found the typo.


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These are some tips I apply when writing and proofreading. I hope you found it useful. If you have other ideas to avoid typos, don't hesitate to put them in the comments. Until the next time!