I've been busy with life, with at least a little writing in between. My manuscript is pretty much in edit mode right now with pieces hovering with my betas. I feel like the darn thing resembles Frankenstein. I ripped out the innards and now I have to sew the poor guy back together. I'm actually taking my one book and dividing it into two! (Yes, you read that right.) Not impossible. Just messy surgery. LOL.I failed NANOWRIMO. I was so determined to do it this year! I practically fell off the horse, the horse kicked me while I was down, and then it proceeded to ride into the sunset without me. (I did wave though since that's the polite thing to do.)
In the meantime since I didn't make it, but so many friends made it (Congratulations!!!), I created a list of my favorite editing tip spots. Every time I finish my work, I do a sweep. This sweep includes checking stuff I often find on these pages.
- Taking out the trash by Sylvia Rochester
- The Use and Abuse of Dialogue Tags
- One Pass Manuscript Revision by Holly Lisle (You might as well hang out here for a while.)
- How to Edit for Passive Voice
- Writing Concise Sentences (Good stuff - pruning redundant words, intensifiers that don't intensify)
- Things that Drive an Editor Crazy
- Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See by Pat Holt
- Bookshelf Muse (I heavily use this to make my work richer. Great stuff!)
- Writing the Perfect Scene by Randy Ingermanson
Hope these help. I also have a similar list on my website, but having it more than one place never hurts. :D
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