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  EDITING 101: A series of 64 FREE Editing Tips – INDEX – For your future reference…

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  Presented, courtesy of my good friend and Professional Book Editor, Susan Uttendorfsky, the owner of Adirondack Editing. Services available: Other …

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  EDITING 101: 64 – Story Organization…

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  Story Organization We talked briefly about this in Article #21, “Plotting.” But now I’d like to go into a little more detail about it. Whether you’re a …

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  EDITING 101: 62 – Using the Wrong Song Lyrics…

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  Using the Wrong Song Lyrics If you’re going to go against standard editorial advice (given in Editing 101 post #8) and use song lyrics in your book, …

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  EDITING 101: 61 – Passive Voice versus Passive Verbs…

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  Passive Voice versus Passive Verbs You may have heard of the great advice to get rid of the extra “to be” verbs as you self-edit. I concur with that …

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  EDITING 101: 60 – Deleted Material…

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  Deleted Material After you’ve finished your first draft, you may decide it is too long and start cutting scenes, and maybe even whole sub-plots. Do …