Spend less for professional editing by using the self-editing tips and tricks offered in 7 Cheats Sheets to Cut Editing Costs.
Professional editing is one of the largest investments you’ll make in writing your book. And who has bags of money lying around? Editor Debra L. Butterfield wrote this book to help you reduce those costs.
In her work as both a freelance and publishing house editor, Debra notices 5 major areas where writers consistently fall short. She’s written cheat sheets to explain those errors and how to fix them.
Among the topics covered are:
- How to work with an editor
- Point of View
- Showing vs. Telling
- Punctuation
- Chicago Manual of Style formatting–those pesky items like when to italicize or use quotation marks.
The book includes a 10-step checklist for editing fiction, and a 7-step list for nonfiction. If you like quick, easy reference tools to help you with your writing and self-editing, you’ll want to have this one on hand. Spend a little today; save a lot tomorrow. Buy 7 Cheat Sheets to Cut Editing Costs. Available on Amazon.
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Posts I’ve written as a guest blogger
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Services I Recommend
Scrivener for Windows writing software
Scrivener 3 for macOS writing software
Kindlepreneur Publisher Rocket, keyword research for your books and ads
Kindlepreneur’s free AMS ads video course, creating Amazon ads that work
Book Description Generator, creates HTML code for your book description on Amazon
Kindle Best Seller Calculator, a tool to help you determine how many books you need to sell to beat #1
Aweber, email list provider
Other Articles I Recommend
Independent Book Publishers Association Industry Standards Checklist for a Professionally Published Book
“Writers, are you willing to play the waiting game?” By C.S. Lakin
“Getting Jiggy with the Nitty Gritty, or Improving Your Sentences” on Writers Helping Writers
Books I Recommend for Writers
Scene and Structure by Jack M. Bickham
Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell
Writing the Heart of Your Story by C.S. Lakin
The Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson
Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
Making Your Mind Magnificent by Steven Campbell
Podcasts I Recommend
Novel Marketing with Thomas Umstattd and James L. Rubart
Profit First with Mike Michalowicz
Building a StoryBrand, Donald Miller
The Successful Mind Podcast, with David Neagle
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