by Ali | Nov 25, 2019 | Editing
Ten Sentence-Level Mistakes to Watch Out for When Editing Your Fiction [With Examples] This post, originally published on Aliventures in 2016, is the third piece in our four-week series on editing your writing. You can find the first two here: How Much Time You Should...
by Ali | Nov 18, 2019 | Editing
How Much Time Should You Spend Drafting vs Editing? This is the first post in a new four-week series on editing your writing: make sure you’re signed up for my (free!) weekly email newsletter so you don’t miss the next installment. Whatever you’re writing,...
by Ali | Jun 15, 2011 | Editing
(Image from Flickr by Unhindered by Talent) Have you ever read a book that was way too wordy? (For me, Stephen Covey’s otherwise excellent 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes to mind…) The content itself might have been good – but the substance ended up...
by Ali | Feb 16, 2011 | Editing
Image from Flickr by pheaber Last week’s post on The Four Essential Stages of Writing got some great comments, including this one from Ainslie: I must admit that I am beginning to enjoy the redrafting and editing phase of my work a whole lot more since working...