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Originally posted as the Dun Writin’—Now Whut? series on this blog, EDITING 101 is a weekly refresher series for some of you and brand new for others.
Courtesy of Adirondack Editing
Self Editing Part 1
Some of the things we’ve discussed previously are good to be on the watch for and remove, but there are other, specific tasks that can be done when a manuscript’s completed to help polish it. Since there are many of these odd jobs, this specific post will continue over time.
Editing your own work involves hard labor. Other authors have mentioned they make as many as ten to fifteen passes in editing, revising, and reworking, focusing on one or two aspects of self-editing each time. Those authors are to be commended, since writing a book is only one third of the work. Editing is the second third, and publishing and marketing take up the final third. You’re…
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Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 
Self-editing is a tough thing to do. You never see your own mistakes because, if you knew they were mistakes, you probably wouldn’t have made them! 😉
I am so much better at helping other authors smooth out their writing than I am in getting my writing right. 😐
Also, I use Grammarian. It’s great if you have a Mac. 🙂
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Yes, it is, but since I can’t afford an editor I do it myself. I use ProWriting Aid to help. @v@ ❤
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If I write another book, I think I’m going that route, too. I use Grammarian. I also have Autocrit. I have found that putting a piece down for at least a month and then coming back to it also gives me a much fresher set of eyes in term of assessing structural issues.
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Thanks for reblogging Susan’s great post Viv ❤️
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You’re very welcome, Chris! All these posts are so fantastic! @v@ ❤
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