From Edie: The Complete Guide to Self-Editing for Writers explores practical tools and techniques to strengthen your manuscript before outside feedback, revision, and professional editing.
The Complete Guide to Self-editing for Writers Part 2: Practical Tools and Techniques to Strengthen Your Manuscript Before Outside Feedback
by Henry McLaughlin @RiverBendSagas
Last month, we began exploring the process of self-editing, of getting our writing in the best shape we can before sending it out to a professional editor.
Notice, I didn’t say before submitting it to an agent, a publishing house, or self-publishing it.
There’s an old saying from the judicial system: He who represents himself, has a fool for a client. In the same way he who edits himself alone, while he may not be a fool, is not preparing his work to be the best it could be.
More on this later. Let’s return to the process of self-editing.
