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When Revising Your Novel, Look for These 4 Problem Areas – by Kris Spisak…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Jane Friedman site: Editing is energizing, where you take your solid creation and nudge it into brilliance. It’s taking a pile of words and shaping it into something that resembles the story you envisioned. Sometimes, a book looks mighty ugly in its early draft…
Trim the fat from your fiction: Redundancy – by Kerri Miller…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Utopian Editing site: Great stories can be ruined by too many words. Redundancy in particular can make your prose squeak like the clarinetists in a middle school band (I’m allowed to say that because I played clarinet). Not all repetition is bad. It can…
Great reminder on what not to worry about
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
In other words… I need to use this as my screen saver. A constant reminder that my first draft doesn’t have to be perfect. I’ve rewritten the same chapter at least five times. Tweaking a comma here, a comma there, putting commas everywhere only to go back rewrite the…
Finding The Best Grammar Checker To Correct Your Writing – by Derek Haines…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Just Publishing Advice: My search for the best grammar checker I could find No matter what you write, you always need to check your text. However, it is not as simple as thinking that a quick spell check in Microsoft Word is going to…
How to check on overused words in your novel
Originally posted on Author Ari Meghlen Official Website:
If you’ve been writing for a while, you probably know that sometimes we writers have a habit of reusing the same words over and over throughout our manuscripts. This is especially common for those of us who write sporadically. Catching this pesky overused words not only tightens…
New Year’s Resolution: Turn Your First Draft Into A Great Story – Feedback For Fiction
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
Happy New Year. The holidays are over and maybe you’re thinking about your New Year’s resolution. How about rewriting your novel by following the Feedback process? Spend more time on your passion and finish that awesome story. Being able to perform a structural edit on your own manuscript will ensure you…
How to Manage Your NaNoWriMo Editing? Tips for Novel Writers
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Announcements: Today is a guest post for all those who want tips with editing after NaNoWriMo comes to an end, but he wrote an introduction, so without further ado: How to Manage Your NaNoWriMo Editing? Tips for Novel Writers Written by Steve Aedy, ghost author and writer for Fresh…
The Pros and Cons of Beta Readers
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Announcements: My short story, The Pink Scarf, was published in the second volume of an adult anthology collection, Ashtrays to Jawbreakers. It is completely free on Smashwords, so feel free to check it out by clicking here. Take Me Tomorrow was reviewed by A Literary Mind recently, and you…
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