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Self-editing is usually the next step for a writer after you’ve finished the story you’ve agonized over for months, maybe even years. This is an essential part of the process in getting your work published, and writers should have some knowledge of it. It’s best to approach any attempt at self-editing...

Get a Free Editing Sample Thank you for joining the second session of our webinars series “Book Editing Made Easy”! Workshop #2 – Basic Structural Editing The Evolution of Editing In this webinar, we saw how editing is developing from excel spreadsheets to an objective process with state-of-the-art...

Get a Free Editing Sample Thank you for joining our seminar! Here is the replay: On this webinar you learned “How to Traditionally Self-Edit with Excel & More” You discovered the classic skill of outlining and reviewing your book’s plot, scenes, and characters in excel and other grids. Saw...

Believability | Chemistry The number-one thing editors will say when they edit a romance novel is that the love between the two characters must be believable and there needs to be chemistry. But this is easier said than done. A strong, seasoned writer will know how to build up the relationship, where...

Keeping your readers turning the pages and recommending your book to their friends could lead to your book becoming a best-seller, so you’ll want to draw the reader in from the very first chapter. While white-page-itis might be overwhelming (staring at that empty page one), know you’re not the first...