2/3/2024 0 Comments My editing checklist![]() ![]() ![]() Now that he had my attention, I read some of his blog posts and found his editing checklist. I-being raised by werewolves and all-found it encouraging to locate someone else with an unusual upbringing. ![]() But, always the introvert, the witches realized Travis was rather boring, so after the excitement of battle was over, they went back to their magical ponderings elsewhere… Beginnings of THE Checklist When a roving horde of zombies attacked his new family, Travis used all of his abilities to call upon aid from some witch friends who helped him fight the undead horde. Still, they enjoyed the pizza he would toss their way, and they adopted him as one of their own. Forced to travel the world selling his sword and (often defunct) sorcery, he stumbled upon a pack of normal dogs that he mistook for magical animals and imagined he could communicate with them. Travis Simmons was kicked out of magic school because he enjoyed mundane habits like canning and cooking instead of using spells. (I can say that because I was an English teacher with a red pen once.) How Things Happenįunny thing, during my search for an editor I happened upon Travis Simmons. So, if you can eliminate these common mistakes-that none of your professors bothered to tell you in creative writing class-then maybe we can find an editor who offers more than just an English teacher with a red pen. Over the last several weeks, I have considered creating a checklist to be used while self-editing my manuscripts before sending them to a professional.Īll editors pick out the same errors made by a newbie writer. I took her lack of response as a nice way of saying get lost.Īnd so I will. Which to me, seems a must, if-as an editor-you want repeat business. My editors in the past have always offered a kind word or two. Just pay the bill and don’t let PayPal smack you in the butt on your way out. No: you suck, this shows potential, your titles are good, thank you for selecting me to edit your dreams, you did a great job numbering your pages. Nothing. She sent me the bill and the edited manuscript. This writing industry of ours did not create editors equally.Įven though I learn much from each ripping, a little positive feedback would have been nice from the last editor on whom I gambled. As well as finding an editor with whom you can collaborate. Finding an editor that doesn’t rip your creative endeavors to shreds is the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack. ![]()
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