Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Jul 25, 2018 4:13:06 GMT
I had a question on Facebook about self-editing, so I decided to cross post my answer since I'm always looking for new thread material. 
Try and find someone to proof and edit for you. A relative or friend if you’re low on funds, a bunch of beta readers who love finding typos, or you could trade services with another author. If you have a bit of money then you could just hire someone.
Indieauthorhaven.freeforums.net/board/24/editing-services. There are 4 editors here with service threads. If you're looking to hire someone you should check them out!
For self-editing, you could use a text to voice app to have it read your work back to you while you read it on paper. Changing the font and text size helps in spotting errors, as does reading it aloud, reading it backwards, reading it in a different medium such as on paper vs screen, on your kindle vs your laptop, etc. There are also free programs like grammarly that can help not only by spotting errors but also teach you how to find them yourself.
And then of course there is the granddaddy of all writing reference books - The Elements of Style by William shrunk. Get it, read it, memorize it, and you’ll never go wrong. Self editing can still be really hard though, I feel ya. But there are always options out there to get the job done. 🙂 Hope this helps!
Try and find someone to proof and edit for you. A relative or friend if you’re low on funds, a bunch of beta readers who love finding typos, or you could trade services with another author. If you have a bit of money then you could just hire someone.
Indieauthorhaven.freeforums.net/board/24/editing-services. There are 4 editors here with service threads. If you're looking to hire someone you should check them out!
For self-editing, you could use a text to voice app to have it read your work back to you while you read it on paper. Changing the font and text size helps in spotting errors, as does reading it aloud, reading it backwards, reading it in a different medium such as on paper vs screen, on your kindle vs your laptop, etc. There are also free programs like grammarly that can help not only by spotting errors but also teach you how to find them yourself.
And then of course there is the granddaddy of all writing reference books - The Elements of Style by William shrunk. Get it, read it, memorize it, and you’ll never go wrong. Self editing can still be really hard though, I feel ya. But there are always options out there to get the job done. 🙂 Hope this helps!
