Not sure where to take the novel next? Go back and read a few chapters-ones you haven’t worked on in a while, or the last one you wrote. You may also find that rereading small portions of your novel is a great way to help you overcome writer’s block. Best practice is to at least reread the last few pages before you begin writing a new section of your novel. It’s easy to forget small details, like what a character was wearing at the beginning of a scene, if you take breaks between writing sessions. Rereading what you wrote recently helps you maintain continuity throughout your novel. (We do recommend, however, going easy on your delete key when you’re self-editing if you find yourself deleting large passages.) This may seem like a romantic idea, but reading your own work as you go is vital for several reasons. You may have heard stories of authors who do their writing blindfolded-literally-to stop themselves from reading (and subsequently cringing and deleting) their own writing. From there, any time you write something new or make substantial changes to your manuscript, you’ll need to self-edit your work as it moves toward the final stage of novel proofreading. Another round of self-editing should happen between the beta reader stage and submitting your novel. You should self-edit your work before it goes to beta readers, and then again after you make changes based on their feedback. Whichever style you prefer, self-editing slots into every step along the the editing process.
Others have a more methodical approach, stopping to read each page or chapter after it’s complete. Some authors prefer to do long bouts of writing before rereading any of the work. When in the process should you begin self-editing? The answer is different for every author. Already done editing? Submit your manuscript for editing here.
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Instead, you should aim to make the novel as good as it can be on your own, then seek a professional second opinion.īelow are our top tips for editing your novel on your own. Submitting your novel before you have given it several self-revisions will waste both your time and your money. The self-editing process is just as important as the editing process you go through with your Invisible Ink editor. RELATED: An author’s guide to the editing process This isn’t because we don’t think new novelists have potential rather, we know that even the best authors have to revise their own work before submitting it to a professional book editor. In fact, we turn down a significant portion of manuscripts that have never been edited before.
When a new author submits their manuscript to us, one of the first questions we ask is, “Has this manuscript been edited before?” It may seem like a funny question coming from a group of book editors-after all, isn’t our job to take an unedited manuscript and clean it up?
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