An expert’s introduction to structural editing.
A brilliant blog-post from Armed with Pens.
This is definitely worth reading.
It shows understanding and good sense in equal measure.
In summary:
It is the hardest thing to edit your own work effectively. Emotional investment trumps intellectual engagement every time.
- Do we need that Prologue?
- Go through every chapter, every scene. Can it start later; finish earlier?
- If a scene does not advance the story of a novel, it should be cut.
- Sometimes it is possible to remove one, or two characters.
- Tighten the story and keep the reader’s attention.
Read it for yourself, note and inwardly whatever ... you need this deep within your own psyche.
But, in the end, obviously, you can't beat a good editor like Steve Haynes!
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