If you always struggle to effectively check your work and just skim over everything without really looking at it, try this technique.

Reading your work backwards means you have to look at every word individually (unless you have some kind of special gift) and your brain won’t allow you to scan over words in big blocks.

This method is particularly useful when you’re checking essays and letters for spelling mistakes. Sometimes it can just be the case that you’ve used the wrong word and under normal circumstances you wouldn’t pick it up. This method trains your brain to be more perceptive to close detail and avoid the lazy writing errors that can creep in from time to time.