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    Editing Your First Novel: 7 Things You Must Know

    J. Timothy King Fri 8 Aug 2008 16:12
    editing | writing | writing life

    I had written and completed numerous shorter works over the years, but The Conscience of Abe’s Turn: Season 1 Episodes 1-4 is the first full novel-length work I had ever written and edited to completion. The experience taught me a whole new set of lessons.

    Some of these lessons I learned from my own editing experience. Others are classic truths of which I was merely reminded, and with which I know other writers wrestle regularly. We each have our own hurdles to jump over. Still you might encounter–or perhaps you are encountering–one of these.

    Be prepared with these 7 lessons learned from editing a first novel: (Read more…)

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