#editingishard

[ettawritesnstudies]

Editing Your Novel: My Personal Process

A complete how-to guide for editing a book from the first read-through to the final proofread, including examples from my book!

A lot of you know I've been editing Storge recently and so I wanted to share the process I've been using to stay organized and make the prospect of tackling this 110k word monster into something slightly less intimidating. You also seemed to like the outline guide so I'm "pulling back the curtain" so to say, and sharing screenshots of my documents just like I did in that post.

It's a complete breakdown from the first read-through to betas to the final proofreads so I hope you all like this and find it useful!

[animetea93]

My very first picture taken on my new camera. Cant wait to learn more. #editingishard 😂 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1IGtcspCXRAofgisPCht-Dju27HdA5YO8zRvI0/?igshid=v6uz9w9rwdb9

[peikopeiko]

Hold Your Horses & Your Needles

I’m used to getting maybe 10 notes per upload, and I’ve had an overwhelming response to my most recent creation. I spent almost all day editing the pattern that’s taken a few weeks of my life here. It’s complicated, 13 pages, 22 different stitches (two of which I’m fairly certain I made up) complicated! But I’ve worked hard to make the clearest pattern possible for the testers. My other patterns have proved too hard for knitters so I want to give this one the best chance possible. Please be patient with me!

[ettawritesnstudies]

nooooooo, of course I don’t use too many repetitive phrases in my writing! That’s just *squints at smudged writing on my hand* a narrative style to convey “character voice”.

[ettawritesnstudies]

Esil cornered Lyss against the wall and held the point of his knife to her throat. She smiled back at him like that one meme with the smug looking cat.

An extremely out of context line from my current WIP that I found whilst editing.

[dwwriter1004]

Soft blankets and editing. This makes life better and easier. #writer #writerlife #amediting #amwriting #editingishard https://www.instagram.com/p/BqcqEPnnImc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=upd93o923lp1

[hillarycampbell]

So... I'm making a book, and part of the process is being documented on film by yours truly. This is my friend Tarik; he is from Brazil; he is an AMAZING artist and human. I am so excited to share his story with you. #comingsoon #photographer #videographer #editingishard #quoteworthy (at The Irish Times Pub & Restaurant)

[icequeen1371]

Brand new sign in one of our local parks. #smdh #spellmuch #citycouncil #imavailable #editingishard 🙄