Once I’ve written and polished and checked out the novel as much as I can, it’s time to call in other eyes. Over the years, I’ve found volunteers who will read my story and mark it up with the errors and problems they find.Originally, I gave them a copy of the manuscript in the form… Continue reading Making Reviewer Copies
Tag: Novel
Preparing to Listen
Now, after an inital edit, followed by spelling and grammar checks, it is time for me to listen to the novel. I’ve done this on all my works and it’s helped out quite a bit. Other writers read the text aloud, and I’ve tried that. But talking constantly for hours on end is something I… Continue reading Preparing to Listen
Fighting Word’s Grammar Checker
I have quite a love-hate relationship with Word’s built-in spelling and grammar checker. More hate than love, I think. Today, I’m in one long marathon checking session, running through the whole 500 page manuscript. It’s enough to turn a brain to jelly. Look at what it found, make a decision, click. Repeat. It the program… Continue reading Fighting Word’s Grammar Checker