INDEX

A series of Free Editing Tips.

Presented courtesy of my good friend and Professional Book Editor Susan Uttendorfsky, the owner of Adirondack Editing, has contributed a series of free editing tips for authors, writers, poets and story tellers for this blog.

EDITING – NON-EDITING – BOOK FORMATTING

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EDITING 101: 01 – Introduction and ‘Redundancies’EDITING 101: 02 – Description DepressionEDITING 101: 03 – THAT’s the Problem in RevisingEDITING 101: 04 – Character Name ConsistencyEDITING 101: 05 – General PluralsEDITING 101: 06 – He Said / She Said: Dialogue TagsEDITING 101: 07 – Consecutive Versus Concurrent ActionEDITING 101: 08 – Using Song Lyrics in your ManuscriptEDITING 101: 09 – Cutting “ly” Adverbs and Enhancing ScenesEDITING 101: 10 – What Happens When You Die? – NOT in a Metaphysical senseEDITING 101: 11 – Using a ThesaurusEDITING 101: 12 – Directions and ImpossibilitiesEDITING 101: 13 – Self-Editing Part 1EDITING 101: 14 – Self-Editing Part 2EDITING 101: 15 – Self-Editing Part 3EDITING 101: 16 – Homonyms, Homographs, and HomophonesEDITING 101: 17 – Powerful ProtagonistsEDITING 101: 18 – Writer’s BlockEDITING 101: 19 – Sentence FragmentsEDITING 101: 20 – DashesEDITING 101: 21 – PlottingEDITING 101: 22 – Using Registered Trademarks and Brand NamesEDITING 101: 23 – TensesEDITING 101: 24 – Split Infinitives and Dangling ParticiplesEDITING 101: 25 – Style Guides for FictionEDITING 101: 26 – POV Head HoppingEDITING 101: 27 – SemicolonsEDITING 101: 28 – EmphasizingEDITING 101: 29 – Types of Point of ViewEDITING 101: 30 – EllipsesEDITING 101: 31 – Referring to Technology in Your WritingEDITING 101: 32 – Sentence LengthEDITING 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 sensesEDITING 101: 36 – Removing Filter WordsEDITING 101: 37 – Hiring Professionals, Part 1EDITING 101: 38 – Hiring Professionals, Part 2EDITING 101: 39 – Writing Your Synopsis and Back Cover BlurbsEDITING 101: 40 – Editing MythsEDITING 101: 41 – Using the Back of your Book EffectivelyEDITING 101: 42 – Who, Whom, and other Word MisusesEDITING 101: 43 – Punctuating Prepositional and Appositive PhrasesEDITING 101: 44 – Using Beta ReadersEDITING 101: 45 – Do All Your Characters Sound Alike?EDITING 101: 46 – Recognizing Publishing ScamsEDITING 101: 47 – Dangling ModifiersEDITING 101: 48 – Using Quotes in Your Book and Research Tips – Part 1EDITING 101: 49 – Using Quotes in Your Book and Research Tips – Part 2EDITING 101: 50 – Using Another Language in Your ManuscriptEDITING 101: 51 – Identifying Your Book’s GoalEDITING 101: 52 – Adjectives – and the Commas That Go With ThemEDITING 101: 53 – Internet TrackingEDITING 101: 54 – Sharing Content, Copyrights, and Permissions – Part 1EDITING 101: 55 – Sharing Content, Copyrights, and Permissions – Part 2EDITING 101: 56 – ‘Shoulda Woulda Coulda’EDITING 101: 57 – Comma Splice BluesEDITING 101: 58 – Showing Character EmotionEDITING 101: 59 – Character ProfilesEDITING 101: 60 – Deleted MaterialEDITING 101: 61 – Passive Voice versus Passive VerbsEDITING 101: 62 – Using the Wrong Song LyricsEDITING 101: 63 – Are you overwhelming your social media followers?EDITING 101: 64 – Story Organisation  