REDUCING EDITING COSTS
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When your Point of View Character is Absent
When you are writing a novel from one character’s point of view, it’s important that everything being said on the page has been experienced by that character. We can only smell what they smell, see what they see, hear what they hear. If you suddenly start describing something that happens…
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More Self-Editing Tips for Fiction Authors
If you’ve just finished the first draft of your novel, and reviewed my original list of 10 self-editing tips for fiction authors, please read on for the next 10. (There are 24 tips in total, and 24 is the best one of the lot…) Of course hiring a freelance editorial…
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Self-Editing Tips for Fiction Authors
If you’ve just finished the first draft of your novel, now it’s time to look at my list of self-editing tips for fiction authors. The better your manuscript is before you send it to a fiction editor for some professional attention, the better your final, published book will be. Authors…
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Five Common Writing Mistakes
Being able to write well is a gift – but it’s not without its challenges. It doesn’t matter how good your writing is, there are always things that you will miss, and below I have listed the five common writing mistakes that I see most frequently. A copyeditor will help…
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How to Self-Edit a Novel
There are a few things an author can do to self-edit a novel and tighten up a manuscript, even if they are intending to use an editor. It may well reduce the time an editor needs to spend on a manuscript (which, in turn, may reduce the fee), but, more…
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MS Word Track Changes Webinar
I’ve produced this MS Word Track Changes Webinar to help authors demystify the editing process. I’m aware that many authors will not have come across MS Word Track Changes. Before I became an editor, I considered myself to be an expert in MS Word, but I had never used the…
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Reducing Repetition and Redundancy in Your Novel
Make Your Writing Tighter, part 4 How to identify and remove repetition and redundancy in your fiction writing. You might have heard the phrase ‘make every word count’. And you might have heard that ‘tight writing is good writing‘. But what do these phrases actually mean? What constitutes ‘tight writing’?…
