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WTF. thoughts on prowritingaid.com and hemingway and use of program editors?
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on June 16, 2014, 12:47:57 PM ---I'm going to give it a shot. There is a free option. If it speeds things along, great. I am a reader who will read that missing word time after time. I've learned to read each sentence backwards, literally starting at the last page and using a cut out cardboard to slide up the page. No chance to get caught up in the story that way. It forces me to only see that tiny segment.
As you can tell, my revision editing can be a several months long... *sigh*
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Yeah that's no good. Better to hand it over to betas or an editor and have them help you. Fresh eyes and all that, they can spot stuff you'll just skim over without even knowing you're skimming.
My books have missing grammar bits in there, so long as its not egregious and you fix it when they point it out to you though your books will still sell on the indie market. Not sure about traditional publishers.
And of course there's a matter of degree...
best of luck,
The Deposed King
meg_evonne:
You assume I have a stable full of wonderful beta readers? Yeah, right. Ha!
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on June 18, 2014, 04:30:36 PM ---You assume I have a stable full of wonderful beta readers? Yeah, right. Ha!
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Well you can always hit up Superpsycho either here or better yet over on his website on ourforumon.com, he helped beta my first couple books just because he likes to help out new authors. I'm not saying its an auto-yes but I'm sure he'd help out however he can.
And as for other beta readers Author Craft is full of aspiring writers and active authors as is the Slush Pile on bar.baen. These two places are where I started building up a stable of beta readers. Help out a guy with his draft and flip around and asking for his help with yours is a great way to get the ball rolling.
But its all up to you, you get what you put into it.
all the best,
The Deposed King
superpsycho:
--- Quote from: The Deposed King on June 19, 2014, 04:30:13 AM ---Well you can always hit up Superpsycho either here or better yet over on his website on ourforumon.com, he helped beta my first couple books just because he likes to help out new authors. I'm not saying its an auto-yes but I'm sure he'd help out however he can.
And as for other beta readers Author Craft is full of aspiring writers and active authors as is the Slush Pile on bar.baen. These two places are where I started building up a stable of beta readers. Help out a guy with his draft and flip around and asking for his help with yours is a great way to get the ball rolling.
But its all up to you, you get what you put into it.
all the best,
The Deposed King
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--- Quote from: meg_evonne on June 18, 2014, 04:30:36 PM ---You assume I have a stable full of wonderful beta readers? Yeah, right. Ha!
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Sure I'd be happy to look at it. Have you worked with an editor before?
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on June 18, 2014, 04:30:36 PM ---You assume I have a stable full of wonderful beta readers? Yeah, right. Ha!
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I mean only if you're ready or will be ready for beta readers, we can help you build a wonderful stable. But if you're not, no worries. This is just one of those: 'opportunity what is that?" scoffs and then there is a knock on the door.' who knows what's on the other side?
have a good one!
The Deposed King
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