Tag: Self-Editing

• Let’s Write – Common Mistakes

  

  Welcome back to another post in our self-editing miniseries. It’s been a hot minute since we last talked about this, so if you want to catch up on the first three posts, here are the links. The Basics of Self-Editing The Structural Edit (pt 1) The Structural Edit (pt 2) Today, we’re going to have […]

  Yolandie Horak

  21st January 2020

  Writing

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• Let’s Write – The Structural Edit (Continued)

  

  In the last post, we talked about the first two elements we must revise during the structural edit–plot and setting, and characters. Today, we’ll wrap up the last three. Flow and pace Conflict and resolution Voice and style Let’s get right to it. Flow and Pace I’ve grouped these two elements together, because most of […]

  Yolandie Horak

  31st October 2019

  Writing

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• Let’s Write – The Structural Edit

  

  Welcome back to the self-editing miniseries. 🙂 It’s good to have you. Last time, we summarised the self-edit. Feel free to check that out if you want to brush up first. In the next two posts, we’ll be looking in-depth at the first big part of the self-edit–structural editing. (Quick note. I wanted to keep […]

  Yolandie Horak

  29th October 2019

  Writing

  Basic Self-Editing, Better Writing, Edit, Editing, How To, How To Self-Edit, Indie Authors, Indie Writers, Let’s Write, Self-Editing, Structural Editing, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Advice

• Let’s Write – Basics of Self-Editing

  

  Something about the editing process has always intrigued me, and I’ve wanted to take an editing course or two for ages. Yet, I’ve always had an excuse why not to take that course. I sent off A Trial of Sparks & Kindling to my editor at the end of September, which meant I had nothing […]

  Yolandie Horak

  17th October 2019

  Writing

  Basic Self-Editing, Developmental Editing, Editing, How To, How To Self-Edit, Let’s Write, Line Editing, Proofreading, Self-Editing, Structural Editing, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Advice