Once you've got your story down in some sort of cohesive order of words, it's time to shred it up again in the form of editing which can be dreary work. Here are eight easy-to-use editing tools that will take the bulk of the work off your hands, allowing you to concentrate on the storytelling.
When words are your weapon it’s understandable to want to play with them, using as many as you can, and make your sentences flowery. Unless you’re writing poetry, you will be surprised at how many unnecessary filler words you write, which can have a negative impact on the reader. Here are a list of words that you should immediately put a red line through.
Writing well is difficult to master, and various techniques to improve your style can be hard to implement. Now, there’s a tool that can put those techniques into practice for you, highlighting any weak spots, making editing simpler.
Editing a book isn’t an exact science, there are no set rules and regulations, it can depend on the experience, specialist subjects, and personal preferences of your editor. So getting the right one for both you and your book is critical. Here’s how.
No one reads aloud nowadays, and sometimes it feels slow and uncomfortable. However, reading your book aloud, even if just to yourself, is a quick and easy way to reveal mistakes and necessary changes to your book that you wouldn’t have noticed before. Here’s why.