Welcome back to my 7-part series on how to rewrite, revise, and edit a novel! So far, we’ve been talking about ways to fix up the story, and the 2 segments after this will be more about polishing up your writing style. But before you get into sentence structure and word choice and so on, you need some feedback.  

So far in my series about how to revise and edit your book, we’ve covered character arcs, pacing, and amplifying the strengths of your story. All three of these things can sometimes lead to big rewrites, though they don’t always. Now, we’re starting to get down to a more detailed level. This editing pass is all about making sure your

Hey, welcome back to my 7-part series on rewriting and editing your book! Every writer and every story is different, so this isn’t a comprehensive checklist. Hopefully, though, my way of breaking the revision process down will give you some inspiration. Today I’m going to talk about my favorite editing pass, and I hope you like it, too! Like the

Hey, welcome back to my series about how to rewrite, revise, and edit a book after you write it! Last time, I talked about clarifying your character arcs, or emphasizing the ways in which your main characters change and grow over the course of the story. Today, we’ll talk about pacing.     “Pacing” refers to the speed at which

“How do I edit my novel?” I see this question popping up a lot on writer forums. It especially comes up with winners of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and people who have completed their first rough draft. I think there are tons of resources out there about how to write a novel, but there’s less advice about editing. This