Performing at least one edit on your own is recommended.
You, more than any other person, know the motivations of your characters and
exactly where you want the plot line to flow. After completing a manuscript, put
the manuscript away for a few days or a week or more if possible before going
back to it. Then, with a critical eye, reread what you’ve written. Pretend
you’ve never read the manuscript before. Doing so enables you to catch multiple
typos and grammatical errors.
Reread the manuscript for continuity and clarity in
characters, dialogue, and narrative development. Try not to perform an
extensive edit this point. This first run-through is to mainly determine
whether you’ve accomplished everything you want to with regard to dialogue,
plotting points, obstacles, and resolutions.
Self-editing can be challenging. A person reads what they
believe they have written, so mistakes are often overlooked. When asking someone
to analyze your manuscript, request they read first for clarity, not for
grammar and punctuation. Develop a thick skin, because every person who reads
the manuscript is going to offer different opinions.
Manuscript editing is more than just looking for typos,
punctuation, and grammar errors. It's also a process of looking for flaws and
problems within the body of the manuscript. Editing is a much more complicated
process than running your manuscript through a spellchecker.
Sentence structure, changes in point of view, character
development, run-on sentences, or fixing badly written prose are just some of
the things that the editing process will cover. Try not to be too touchy about
this part of the process, because the ultimate goal is to improve the
readability of your manuscript.
Rewrite and revisions can be quite time consuming, but every
author needs to understand that these also are a part of the book creating
process. Put your best effort forward in order to enhance your likelihood of a
book sale, as well as to improve as an author, one manuscript at a time.
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