Self-editing isn't easy. You've labored over every sentence, paragraph, and page of your story, and it's challenging to change something you've worked on for so long. However, editing is essential to a story that readers crave to read. The evolution of a novel is much like how a knife is made. Like a blade is formed from steel, a story is formed from the writer's mind. Then, just as a blade is sharpened in order to excel at its purpose, the story is honed through edits and rewrites.
Simply put, editing helps a good story become a great story.
Let's first talk about exactly what is editing...
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The Tidy Guide to Writing, Editing, and Publishing Your Novel
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