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The Reader-Centric Approach to Editing Your Novel

ByZara Altair April 25, 2024April 25, 2024

Discover how a reader-centric editing approach can transform your manuscript and connect with your audience.

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Quick Start Editing: Toward the Meaning of Words and Sentences

ByZara Altair June 26, 2023June 26, 2023

Transform self-editing from a chore into an opportunity to nurture your manuscript with the kind of precision, clarity, and vivid details that only an author’s careful reading and intentional revisions can offer.

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Editing | Setting | Writing Craft

How to Add Details to Your First Draft to Show Your Reader the Effects of Setting

ByZara Altair June 7, 2022June 7, 2022

Introduction to story details and how to use them, using editing to complete each scene with sensory details to ground the reader in your story.

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Second Draft: How to Wrestle Your Story When You Finish the First Draft

ByZara Altair November 30, 2021October 1, 2023

How to approach the second draft of your novel. Steps to make your story more enjoyable for your reader.

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