#revisionandediting — Public Fediverse posts
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How to Developmentally Edit Your Book, Yourself
Developmental Editing is tackled on a completed draft of your book. It is the big picture assessment that will let you, the writer, know: You can find out how developmental editing differs from other levels of editing (copy editing/proofreading etc.) in this downloadable guide. Investing in a professional for this review is ideal, because it’s...
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https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/08/developmentally-edit-your-book/#EditingTips #OneStopForWriters #ResidentWritingCoach #RevisionandEditing
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Five Truths I Learned Editing Hundreds of Books That Might Change Your Life
As a Book Coach and developmental editor, I work on hundreds of books with writers each year, in full or in part. I give feedback on drafts, debuts, and nearly polished manuscripts written by writers tackling their third, fourth, or even tenth book. Because I follow the journeys of so many writers, I’m in a...
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https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/05/five-truths-i-learned-editing-hundreds-of-books/#ResidentWritingCoach #RevisionandEditing #WritingCraft #WritingLessons
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Helpful Picture Book Tips and Tricks (Plus a Giveaway!)
Whether you’ve always wanted to create a picture book, are in the process of revising one, or your manuscript is out on submission, your 2026 picture book goals are within reach! Through hosting the popular PBParty contest and my PB Fairy Godmother…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/01/picture-book-tips-and-tricks/#EditingTips #MGAndKidlit #PublishingandSelfPublishing #RevisionandEditing #WritingCraft
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Make the Most of Your Manuscript’s Resting Time
If you’re participating in ProWriting Aid’s Novel November, Reedsy’s Novel Sprint, NaNo 2.0 (not the original NaNo) or another writing challenge this November, you’ll soon be finished drafting. And if you’re like most writers, you’ll immediately…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/11/make-the-most-of-your-manuscripts-resting-time/#PublishingandSelfPublishing #Reading #RevisionandEditing #WritingCraft #WritingHelp
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Win Editorial Feedback on Your First 10 Pages
Want to win editorial feedback and take your story opening from good to great? Well, my writerly friend, you’re in luck! It’s time for our monthly Phenomenal First Pages contest. In this draw, you can win… Editorial feedback on your first 10 pages Entering…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/10/win-feedback-on-10-pages/#CritiquingAndCritiques #PublishingandSelfPublishing #RevisionandEditing #WritingCraft #WritingHelp
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Writing 101: How to Fix an Infodump
The latest post in our Writing 101 series is all about the dreaded infodump—when the author drops a landslide of information on the reader and the pace (and reader interest) grinds to a halt. These big blocks of text often show up in early chapters when a writer wants to be sure they’ve explained…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/08/writing-101-how-to-fix-an-infodump/#Openings #Pacing #RevisionandEditing #Tension #Writing101
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Writing 101: Avoiding Purple Prose
Purple prose is one of those writing problems that’s easy to see in someone else’s work but hard to spot in our own. Simply put, this writing is overly elaborate or self-indulgent. It’s wordy, heavy on description, and often prioritizes the sound of the words over clarity and pacing. The result?
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/07/writing-101-avoiding-purple-prose/#Description #RevisionandEditing #Writing101 #WritingCraft
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Help! My Romance Draft Is a Mess (Now What?)
Author Accelerator Certified book coach Stuart Wakefield shares what to do if your romance draft is a mess. You finished your draft. Maybe you poured yourself a glass of something bubbly. Maybe you took a nap. Maybe you panicked. That’s all perfectly normal. (I buy myself a Ken doll…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/06/my-romance-draft-is-a-mess/#EditingTips #GuestPost #Relationships #RevisionandEditing #Romance
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Writing 101: Semi-Colons & Other Tricky Punctuation Marks
Punctuation can be surprisingly difficult, especially when it comes to lesser-used marks like semi-colons, dashes, and colons. When these marks are used incorrectly, readers are either distracted or confused. Because this isn’t the experience we want for our readers,…
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Communication is the Key to Critique Partner Success
Author Accelerator Certified Coach Julie Artz shares great ways to get the most out of critiques. Here on Writers Helping Writers, you’ll find a lot of folks extolling the virtues of getting feedback on your writing through either a critique partner or…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/05/the-key-to-critique-partner-success/#CritiqueGroups #CritiquingAndCritiques #GuestPost #RevisionandEditing #WritingGroups
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Writing Tips from a Neurodivergent Brain
Last Fall, when I wrote about writing a novel “scene by scene,” I received a ton of interesting feedback. Most of it was a variation on these three questions: I’ll give you my answer in a nutshell. I don’t write out of order to be different or creative. I…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/05/writing-tips-from-a-neurodivergent-brain/#Focus #ResidentWritingCoach #RevisionandEditing #ToolsandResources #WritersAttitude
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101: Dialogue Mechanics
Strong dialogue isn’t just about the words being said—it’s also about how those words are presented on the page. If you’re newer to writing, there’s a lot to learn about storytelling—from big-picture techniques like show-don’t-tell to the more foundational aspects surrounding punctuation and capitalization. The technical part of writing isn’t very…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/03/101-dialogue-mechanics/