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EDITING 101: 01 – Introduction and ‘Redundancies’
EDITING 101: 02 – Description Depression
EDITING 101: 03 – THAT’s the Problem in Revising
EDITING 101: 04 – Character Name Consistency
EDITING 101: 05 – General Plurals
EDITING 101: 06 – He Said / She Said: Dialogue Tags
EDITING 101: 07 – Consecutive Versus Concurrent Action
EDITING 101: 08 – Using Song Lyrics in your Manuscript
EDITING 101: 09 – Cutting “ly” Adverbs and Enhancing Scenes
EDITING 101: 10 – What Happens When You Die? – NOT in a Metaphysical sense
EDITING 101: 11 – Using a Thesaurus
EDITING 101: 12 – Directions and Impossibilities
EDITING 101: 13 – Self-Editing Part 1
EDITING 101: 14 – Self-Editing Part 2
EDITING 101: 15 – Self-Editing Part 3
EDITING 101: 16 – Homonyms, Homographs, and Homophones
EDITING 101: 17 – Powerful Protagonists
EDITING 101: 18 – Writer’s Block
EDITING 101: 19 – Sentence Fragments
EDITING 101: 20 – Dashes
EDITING 101: 21 – Plotting
EDITING 101: 22 – Using Registered Trademarks and Brand Names
EDITING 101: 23 – Tenses
EDITING 101: 24 – Split Infinitives and Dangling Participles
EDITING 101: 25 – Style Guides for Fiction
EDITING 101: 26 – POV Head Hopping
EDITING 101: 27 – Semicolons
EDITING 101: 28 – Emphasizing
EDITING 101: 29 – Types of Point of View
EDITING 101: 30 – Ellipses
EDITING 101: 31 – Referring to Technology in Your Writing
EDITING 101: 32 – Sentence Length
EDITING 101: 33 – Research – How Much is Enough or How Much is Too Much?
EDITING 101: 34 – When to use “which” or “that”?
EDITING 101: 35 – Using the five senses
EDITING 101: 36 – Removing Filter Words
EDITING 101: 37 – Hiring Professionals, Part 1
EDITING 101: 38 – Hiring Professionals, Part 2
EDITING 101: 39 – Writing Your Synopsis and Back Cover Blurbs
EDITING 101: 40 – Editing Myths
EDITING 101: 41 – Using the Back of your Book Effectively
EDITING 101: 42 – Who, Whom, and other Word Misuses
EDITING 101: 43 – Punctuating Prepositional and Appositive Phrases
EDITING 101: 44 – Using Beta Readers
EDITING 101: 45 – Do All Your Characters Sound Alike?
EDITING 101: 46 – Recognizing Publishing Scams
EDITING 101: 47 – Dangling Modifiers
EDITING 101: 48 – Using Quotes in Your Book and Research Tips – Part 1
EDITING 101: 49 – Using Quotes in Your Book and Research Tips – Part 2
EDITING 101: 50 – Using Another Language in Your Manuscript
EDITING 101: 51 – Identifying Your Book’s Goal
EDITING 101: 52 – Adjectives – and the Commas That Go With Them
EDITING 101: 53 – Internet Tracking
EDITING 101: 54 – Sharing Content, Copyrights, and Permissions – Part 1
EDITING 101: 55 – Sharing Content, Copyrights, and Permissions – Part 2
EDITING 101: 56 – ‘Shoulda Woulda Coulda’
EDITING 101: 57 – Comma Splice Blues
EDITING 101: 58 – Showing Character Emotion
EDITING 101: 59 – Character Profiles
EDITING 101: 60 – Deleted Material
EDITING 101: 61 – Passive Voice versus Passive Verbs
EDITING 101: 62 – Using the Wrong Song Lyrics
EDITING 101: 63 – Are you overwhelming your social media followers?
EDITING 101: 64 – Story Organisation
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Thanks for this handy reference guide to these highly enjoyable and informative articles Chris
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Thanks go to Susan for sending them to me, Paul 😃
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Thanks, Paul!
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Thanks, Michael 😃
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Danke, Michael! 🙂
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Awesome resource from Susan. Favorited and shared 🙂 Thanks, Chris.
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Welcome, Diana 👍😃❤️
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Thanks! 🙂
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I got this bookmarked for future reference. Thank you.
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Good, Chuck 😃
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Yay! 😀
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Many thanks, Susan, for sharing these in a comprehensive post! Pinned for lots of future references.
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You’re welcome, Jan! ❤
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Reblogged this on Musings on Life & Experience and commented:
A handy inventory of editing tips.
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Thanks for re-blogging, Suzanne 😀 ❤
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Thank you, Suzanne! 😀
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Reblogged this on EDC Writing – Believing Sight Unseen and commented:
So many tips for the confused … writing so much more than words!
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Many thanks for sharing, Eric 😀
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Thanks a lot, Eric. 😀
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Reblogged this on Dana Derville.
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Thanks for sharing, Dana 😀
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Thank you, Dana. 😀
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Thank you, Chris and Susan, for your generosity and expertise ❤
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❤ ❤ 😀 😀 ❤ ❤
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Reblogged this on The Write Stuff and commented:
If you’re like me, you want to send your editor the cleanest manuscript possible, and this post will help you do just that. LOOK at all the info included. Bookmark and share far and wide. I’m saving this as a quick, well-organized resource, and passing the word along where I can.
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Thanks for re-blogging, Marcia 😀
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Always a pleasure, Chris! 🙂
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Thank you very much, Marcia! I agree wholeheartedly. People don’t realize that if you send an editor a mess, they’re going to be so focused on fixing the mess (that perhaps you could’ve fixed yourself, if only you’d taken the time) that they won’t be able to spend time on teaching or pointing out other areas where you can improve. Most editors love teaching (within reason). 😀
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So well said. I LOVE the editing process because it’s where I learn the most. I have a chance to tweak things to make them tighter and better, and to polish my skills in the hopes the next book will be even stronger. I appreciate having resources such as your list to help me be a better writer, and to give my editor my very best efforts. Thanks so much!
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