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Master List – Editing Tips

Posted January 22, 2020 & filed under Master Lists, On Writing.

A growing list of resources on how to revise and edit your own work:

  • Step Away and Let it Sit
  • Find a Great Beta Reader
  • Join a Critique Group
  • Organize your Novel Edits
  • Revise your manuscript (this Self-Directed FREE 30 Day Workshop is a goldmine)
  • Try the 10 Rs of Revisions
  • Replace VERY with these alternate words
  • Beware of adjectives and cut adverbs
  • Read everything out loud or have someone read your story out loud to you
  • Check the pacing and illustration potential
  • Make sure your backstory/set-up is no more than 10% of the manuscript
  • Browse these greats posts on editing and also these on revising your manuscript
  • Check out my Master Course on PB Writing and Editing

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