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Revising & Editing
Beyond Feedback: Beta Readers Give Us Gold
Kim Catanzarite
A Conversation With David Handler on How the Character Comes First (Killer Writers)
Clay Stafford
How to Give Gentle and Helpful Feedback to Writers
Marion Lougheed
The Synopsis Is Your Compass
Mindy Friddle
Creative Story Editing: Introducing Fictionary’s Developmental Self-Editing Framework
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How to Deal With a Nightmare Edit
Zachary Petit
Mastering the Rewrite: One Writer’s Journey to the Finished Draft
Love Hudson-Maggio
The Power of Process: Prewriting, Writing, and Rewriting
Audrey Wick
Christine Evans: Bringing the Book to Life Through Revision
Robert Lee Brewer
6 Unique Editing Ideas That You’ve Probably Never Tried
Audrey Wick
My Experience Using an Expert Historian During the Book Revision Process
Andrew Joseph White
Roald Rage: On When and Whether It Makes Sense to Update Previously Published Text for Modern Sensibilities
Diego Jourdan Pereira
Why It’s Okay to Hire a Developmental Editor—and Not Keep It a Secret
Caroline Leavitt
Second Opinions: The Importance of Beta Readers for Authors
Whitney Hill
Omit Needless Words: Ruthless Editing 101
Ryan G. Van Cleave
Why You Should Embrace Extreme Editing
Julia Kelly
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