Editing Archive
My current coaching client had previously bought both of my books and says he read the articles on my website, but if that is the case, it seems that he decided not to apply the advice there. This application needs …
Today, I started my final review pass for my non-fiction book: reading the entire thing aloud. Despite the two review passes I already completed, I am still finding mistakes and awkward phrasing, such as using the same word twice in …
Today, I finished the Pro-Writing Aid review of my final chapter and end matter. Even after addressing all of the issues that the software raised, some of my scores were low because of rules the software had wrong, which was …
Over the past few days, I’ve been getting through about a chapter a day on the Pro Writing Aid edits, and I’ve just finished the last of my long chapters, so the remaining few should go by quickly. It’s not …
Today, I finished the Pro Writing Aid review of my third chapter and started in on the fourth, which puts me well over halfway in this non-fiction book! So far, I have come across a lot of areas where the …
The first key lesson of Pro Writing Aid was to not try to edit my whole Scrivener file at once. It works much better if I use the editing functions on each individual document within the file. Unfortunately, it does …
One day ahead of schedule! I gave myself two working sessions to type in the edits from my notes for this chapter, but got it done in one. It’s always a little kick of adrenaline to get something done before …
Today, I finished applying the edits for Chapter 2 and got all the way through Chapter 3, as well, so I’m feeling pretty good about my progress. I’m at page 95 (out of 166) of the manuscript and should have …
This morning, I woke up feeling a little slow. The late night of G&Ts and talking to my wife about my day job-stress probably contributed to that a little bit. But once I forced myself to get out of bed …
Today, I started applying the handwritten edits into Scrivener and got through the first 20 pages, about 1/8 of the book. I have finished the front matter and started in on Chapter 1. This process is anything but exciting, but …