I just came across this wonderful little infographic that really hits home on an important point – honing your scenes to make sure A) they’re necessary and B) they’re doing all you need them to 🙂 Happy Editing!
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Editing Tip #120 – Pounding Out the Place-Holder Words
When it comes to a first draft many writers prefer to just ‘get it out’ – like verbal diarrhea (euww). But it’s often easier to fine-tune and fix things in a second draft than trying to get every sentence and… Read More ›
Editing Tip #114 – Avoid This Redundancy “In Order To” Keep Your Prose Healthy
There are a plethora of ways we authors add extra words, phrases, and sentences that aren’t necessary to the context of our writing. Take my title for today – the first three words after the numbered editing tip say enough…. Read More ›
The Guide to Clear and Concise Writing
Originally posted on AnitaLovett.com:
As National Novel Writing Month ends, the beginning of the holiday season strikes. The time of the year has come where you embark on reading stories about obnoxious gingerbread men, elves that watch naughty children,…
Editing Tip #103 – Finding Balance
If you have read more than 3 of my editing tips, you’ll know that I’m a strong proponent for balance when it comes to taking advice and utilizing techniques in your writing. But what about the actual story? What happens… Read More ›
Editing Tip #102 – Advice for Indie Authors
You’re not done editing even after you ‘hit’ the Publish button. Honestly, I’m not kidding here. Even if you’ve “done everything right” (like I did): put your book through substantive/content editing, line/stylistic editing, copy edited it and then proof read… Read More ›
Editing Tip #98 – Repetitive Patterns to Avoid
When it comes time to dust off the first draft of your story, after having left it for at least one month, there are certain things you will notice straight off: a) that you’re a genius (yeah!) b) that you’re… Read More ›
Editing Tip #95 – Have You Started Your Story in the Right Place?
In answer to the question prominently placed above, most writers will give a resounding “YES”… but half of them are likely to be wrong (my personal statistic based on editing others’ work). Over the years I’ve read a number of… Read More ›
Editing Tip #94 – Final Proofs: Don’t Take Anything for Granted
You’re that totally prepared author, you know, the one who’s done at least 3 Drafts of your book: self-edited, peer-edited, beta-edited and professional edited to the point where you’ve just received the final print proof for your book and you’re… Read More ›
Editing Tip #93 – Be Devious with your Character Descriptions
The mark of a truly talented crafts-person when it comes to writing is how the author integrates the physical characteristics of his entourage within the folds of the story. I have read many a book where an author has written… Read More ›
