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Fine Editing

Writer's room - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Fine editing your work should start with reading it aloud. Does it flow properly? Do you stumble anywhere? Does your tongue trip over awkward combinations of words. Wherever you hear even a mild hiccup, stop and look at what caused it. It may be as simple as adding, moving, or removing a comma. Sometimes a […]

Editing Your Writing

Editing is putting the finials on your work - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Once you have your story written down in crude form, the next thing to do is to organise it so that the reader can follow it in a more or less logical fashion. The best tool for this, and one which should always be utilised, is the creation of a single simple sentence that encapsulates […]