Tag Archives: editing
13 Helpful Tips for Revising Your NaNoWriMo Novel (Guest Post)
Hopefully you’ve been letting your novel sit since you finished it to give you some distance from it before you start revising. When the time does come to start your revisions my guest poster today, Brittany Lyons, has some great … Continue reading
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Writing Effective Description
This week on #scribechat on Twitter (Thursday 9pm ET US/Friday 11am AEST Aus.) the topic was ‘Editing your Manuscript’. One question that came up was regarding description. So today I’m going to address the topic of writing effective description in your novel. Continue reading
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More Helpful Writing Sites and Blog Posts
I thought it was time for another post on helpful sites and blog posts I’ve come across in the past month. Continue reading
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The Revision Process
Back in February I talked about how I planned to do my first lot of revisions once I finished the first draft of my manuscript. Now that I have finished those initial revisions, I am now doing more revisions (does it ever end !) so I thought I would dedicate a post to what my focus is in this part of the revision process. Continue reading
First draft written! Now onto the editing.
Last week I felt a great deal of pride and accomplishment as I typed the final words of the first draft of my novel. But of course I am by no means finished my novel, and as much as I felt relief at finally get my entire story written down, I also knew I still had a big task ahead of me: editing. Continue reading
