"One thing at a time"

So, here I go. I received 5000 word manuscript regarding a research. I was to work hard to reduce it to 4000 words or less while maintaining the impact of the content and refining the content more. The art of working with professional English, so to speak, to ensure that the manuscript contains sufficient background, significance of the proposed/completed research, methods of research, results, implications-discussions, and conclusions in the proper order with clarity, cohesiveness, and logical flow is not a piece of cake. This level of language understanding can never be earned over night or over 10 years, that is,,,,, unless you are a genius. And I am not. For me, the full 4 years of attending the university in the US in my 20's definitely did not accomplish this acquisition of the writing skill at the professional level at all. I was decently fluent conversationally. But conversational English fluency is near one hundredth (1/100) of the skill required for writing well. At...