Ready to edit? Check these off first Nothing makes an editor sadder than slogging through a manuscript that isn’t ready for editing yet. Let’s not embark upon a journey your […]
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Revision vs. Re-Vision: Early draft truths Nobody wants to scale the stony gray wall of revision. Nobody. Not even those crazy Spartan racers. (You go, Spartans.) A novel revision stares
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Between production steps: The real craft work Whoa, just look at that flowchart! That’s way too many steps! Why, yes. Yes, it very likely is. Few self-published authors can afford
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Top 6 story revision moves Are you guilty of trying to put lipstick on a pig? As my colleague Jami Gold confided via email, “I’ve seen far too many authors
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If you’ve never used Microsoft Word’s Track Changes feature before, the idea of getting your manuscript back from an editor filled with all sorts of lines and squiggles you have
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British vs. American English: Pick a lane Why does your editor keep changing grey to gray in your book? You like the way grey looks. It’s listed in Merriam-Webster as
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How to use beta readers effectively Oh, no … You didn’t just ask your spouse, your mom, or your best friend to read your book and tell you what they
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Crack the critique mindset: How to actually embrace feedback One of the most insidious ways to hamstring yourself on the way to publishing your first novel is to be overly
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A writer’s guide to handling feedback No author wants spend time changing a bunch of commas in their manuscript—except when the editor recommends deep changes, at which point changing commas
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3 ways to waste great writing So you’ve had your manuscript professionally edited. That decision marks you as an author who understands self-publishing means assuming responsibility for professional-quality editing and
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