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Index
Preface
Why Self-Edit?
Reasons to Self-Edit
1. Getting Started
Types of Edits
2. Line Editing
2-1. Grammar & Punctuation
Dialogue Tags
Said is Dead
How to Format Dialogue
Comma
Clauses
Semicolon
Ellipses
Period
Apostrophe
Endnotes
Footnotes
Dashes
Capitalization
Numbers
Exclamation Mark
2-2. Style & Syntax
Rules & Suggestions
Order & Sequence
Over-Telling
Repetition, Repetition (Oh, and Lest We Forget…Repetition)
Filter Words
Run-Ons
2-3. Subject-Verb Agreement
2-4. Easily Confused Words
Bare vs. Bear
Affect vs. Effect
Lie vs. Lay
Wet vs. Whet
Peak/ Peek/ Pique
Peace vs. Piece
They’re / Their / There
Your / You’re
It’s / Its
2-5. Trimming the Fat
3. Content Editing
3-1. Point of View (POV)
What is Head-Hopping?
The Dangers of Head-Hopping
How Do We Fix It?
3-2. Your First Chapter
Things to Remember
A First Chapter is Like a First Date
Stay on Topic
Also, Avoid the Switch-A-Roo
3-3. Chapter Focus
3-4. Story Development
The Plot
Plot Structure
The Beginning
The Middle
The End
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Chekhov’s Gun
Characters
Other Things to Remember
3-5. Showing vs. Telling
Peppering in Details
3-6. Getting Feedback
Things to Remember
The Benefit of Beta Readers
Checklist of Questions to Ask
Book Blurbs
4. Proofreading
What’s a Typo Party?
How to Do It
5. Edit For Free?
6. Choosing an Editor
Things to Remember
7. Formatting
8. Warning: For NaNoWriMo
Thank You
About the Author
Index
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