This is the final part in the Editing Your Novel series. Click to read about the read-through, beta readers, and the macro-edit. The final step in the editing process is the micro-edit. Now that you’ve fixed all the bigger problems, had other people read it for you, and fixed it again, you can dive intoContinue reading “5 steps to conquer the micro-edit (Editing Your Novel: Part Four)”
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The four most important parts of the macro-edit (Editing Your Novel: Part Three)
Once you’ve finished the read-through, you’re ready to start editing! *insert applause sound effects* Before you jump in at page one and start fixing every little thing, stop and take into consideration the list you made during your read-through. It’s organized from big problems to little problems. Your macro-edit is the beginning of this list:Continue reading “The four most important parts of the macro-edit (Editing Your Novel: Part Three)”
8 tips for finding your perfect beta readers (Editing Your Novel: Part Two)
At some point in the editing process, you’ll need to share your writing. NOT with an agent yet—when you submit your manuscript to query, the agent shouldn’t be the only person other than you to have seen it! Instead, you should gather a good group of beta readers. What exactly are beta readers, you ask?Continue reading “8 tips for finding your perfect beta readers (Editing Your Novel: Part Two)”
How to make the most of the read-through (Editing Your Novel: Part One)
This post is part of the Editing Your Novel series. Click through to read about beta readers, the macro-edit, and the micro-edit. After you’ve taken a step back from your novel (however long that needs to be for you) you’re ready to jump back into it with the read-through. This step is pretty much summed upContinue reading “How to make the most of the read-through (Editing Your Novel: Part One)”
Five Questions To Ask When Dealing with Writer’s Block
There are lots of things that are frightening to a writer, but at the very top of that list is writer’s block. That feeling of being stuck, like nothing is working, and it’s hard to see your way out. I have felt this a couple of times throughout writing, and I don’t think the lineContinue reading “Five Questions To Ask When Dealing with Writer’s Block”
How To Organize Feedback On Your Writing
In order to grow as a writer, it’s essential that you share your work and get feedback on it. If you feel scared about sharing your work, don’t worry. You’re not alone! Check out this post I wrote about that. But after you’ve done the scary thing and shared your writing and heard back fromContinue reading “How To Organize Feedback On Your Writing”
Four Tips for Developing Your Voice As A Writer
Something that I often hear in the writing world is that the one thing that can’t be taught is “voice” in writing. That although you can get better at almost every aspect of writing, voice is something that you just have to have. And for a long time, that terrified me. I was pretty positiveContinue reading “Four Tips for Developing Your Voice As A Writer”
How To Stay Sane While Querying Your Manuscript
If you want to be traditionally published, you have to get an agent somehow. For the majority of writers, that means querying literary agents. Once you sign with an agent, they will be your champion: helping to make sure your book is as good as it can get, selling it to editors at publishing houses,Continue reading “How To Stay Sane While Querying Your Manuscript”
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How To Use Notion to Organize Your Writing
If you’ve ever lost track of a great plot idea or the perfect solution to that plot hole because you either didn’t write it down, or wrote it down on some random piece of paper that is somewhere in your house, car, or recycling bin, don’t worry: You’re not alone. And there is a betterContinue reading “How To Use Notion to Organize Your Writing”
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How To Find the Perfect Designer, Editor, and More: Self-Publishing Guide for Beginners (Part 4)
So, you’ve read the previous post, and you know what you’re going to pay for and what you’ll do yourself. But how do you find someone to hire? How do you make sure they’re any good?