I often get asked how I go about editing a manuscript. Where do I start? How do I know what needs more focus or improvement? These are all good questions that need to be answered. An editor needs to adopt many different roles all at once when editing a book. By being multifaceted and filling …
It occurred to me recently that if you’re new to this writing adventure, you may not really know what us editors do and why we’re actually quite a helpful bunch. So, in an effort to be extra helpful, I’m going to break it down into two parts: Part I, a description of the different types …
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At university, we used to call it “WABing”—Work Avoidance Behavior—all the random excuses we would think of to avoid studying. Let’s see, there was washing the dishes before they were removed by cleaning staff in haz-mat suits, cooking up gourmet meals with a packet of rice, a lemon and some cheese and, best of all, …
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Story filler is unnecessary text that might come between two scenes that move the plot forward. It can take the form of a sentence, a paragraph, dialogue (both internal and external) or even a whole chapter. Now, when I say “unnecessary” I mean that if you were to take out that piece of writing, the …
