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Jano ![]() Site Manager ![]() ![]() alias author Jan Hawke Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Location: Dunheved Kernow Online Status: Offline Posts: 7985 |
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Editing S ![]() No matter how good a writer you are, there's always one thing that you should never do yourself - and that one thing is EDITING! Sure, you can do the spell and grammar check stuff and even some of the aesthetics, like making sure you're not saying something too many times, or repeating words like a demented parrot, but there'll always be something you miss, even if you don't miss much. The reason for this is quite simple - you know what you've written and expect it to be there. You can even read it's there, but it doesn't follow that it actually IS there - you just think it is... On this thread feel free to talk about how great editing can save your prose not to mention your blushes, whether that's as an editor, or as a writer. If you can give us some tips as well then even better!
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Jano ![]() Site Manager ![]() ![]() alias author Jan Hawke Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Location: Dunheved Kernow Online Status: Offline Posts: 7985 |
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To kick things off here's a link to a great blog article by Dave Bricker, publishing guru extraordinaire on Encouragement for Those On The Path to Better Writing. Dave's blog is a great place for all kinds of tips on the writing and publishing world, so I'd also encourage you to have a little look around while you're over there as there's plenty of food for thought on all kinds of writerly topics.
![]() For those who're too traumatised to click - here's most of the article
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Well that all rings true!
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