While my latest work in progress is off with beta readers, I turned my attention to another manuscript, the 4th book in my YA series, Blackbirch.

The last time I worked on this MS was in 2017. Since that time, the first 2 books in the series have been published (in 2o20) and the 3rd will hopefully follow suit soon.

With this old MS predating the published book versions, I knew there was going to be some changes to make to ensure the characters and events in book 4 were following along with what the series had become. With that in mind, I formed a review plan with the following steps.

7 Step Old Manuscript Review Plan

Step 1: Print The MS

When I want to go over an MS, but don’t want to spend that time editing constantly, I need to print things out. On the computer, it’s…