"Over the years, I realized that many editors and teachers use symptomatic language when they address writing challenges (“You overwrite.”) rather than identifying the root causes (“You decorate rather than describe.” Or “You need to compress the backstory.”). Symptomatic language doesn’t help a writer see what’s not working, so sometimes, on a rewrite, they fix the wrong things. This is not all there is to good rewriting or editing. It doesn’t address conceptual issues, like theme, or even big structural challenges. It focuses on the granular. But seeing writing from the inside out can help writers recognize their habits — good and not so good. It can give editors constructive coaching language and an efficient editing tool. It can help tighten copy without sacrificing information or voice. And with that clutter cleaned away, it can leave room and time for those bigger writing challenges." Jacqui Banaszynski writes.