Sentences with phrase «editing my manuscript rather»

And the simple answer is that I spent more of my creative time and energy on editing my manuscript rather than create new words.

Not exact matches

The purpose of a line edit is not to comb your manuscript for errors — rather, a line edit focuses on the way you use language to communicate your story to the reader.

First, you'll want to make sure you're sending your readers a converted eBook version of your book, rather than the raw manuscript for you to edit.

Editing is projected to cost a fraction of what it once did (as authors are the ones footing the bill, rather than publishing houses), along with the unheard of manuscript turnaround time of less than two weeks for a typical novel.

I prefer to edit hard copies of manuscripts rather than electronic files.

In truth, each book manuscript requires a specific level of attention rather than fitting neatly into some category (as some editorial services seem to assume), and a sample edit allows A-1's novel and non-fiction book editors to determine the appropriate level of service and therefore to offer an appropriate price quote.

Lynne praises the Manuscript Editor which allows you to live edit your eBook before it is automatically converted to EPUB by the system; however, BB eBooks would discourage this practice as it is important to edit the base HTML code rather than futzing around with a WYSIWYG tool.

Read the manuscript from beginning to end without distractions, rather than stopping to edit or re-write

Rather, you need to learn how to self - edit before sending your manuscript off to be edited.