tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034870489740704181.post7676197017433747088..comments2024-01-30T02:34:48.951-06:00Comments on Dawn Brazil’s Brilliant Babbles about Books: Editing Tips for WritersAuthor Dawn Brazilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17266576901266161844noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034870489740704181.post-40726991404297055062011-01-13T20:06:54.543-06:002011-01-13T20:06:54.543-06:00Thanks Kay Tee, great info. Can you explain a litt...Thanks Kay Tee, great info. Can you explain a little more about the AutoCrit Editing Wizard...is this a feature of Microsoft Word? Thanks for sharing!!!Author Dawn Brazilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266576901266161844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034870489740704181.post-80012040969985835752011-01-13T19:21:50.179-06:002011-01-13T19:21:50.179-06:00Great tips.
And here's one for Dawn who comme...Great tips.<br /><br />And here's one for Dawn who commented above...<br /><br />There's an easier way to find all the passive verbs in your manuscript. The AutoCrit Editing Wizard can do this for you, plus it finds LY adverbs, and a whole bunch of other words that are indicative of weak writing.<br /><br />Even better, it lets you know when you've used too many...and when you haven't :-)<br /><br />It also does some handy things like find repeated words, slow pacing, etc. It's really handy for finding the problems in my manuscript.Kay Teenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034870489740704181.post-6992535169098155792011-01-13T15:23:13.493-06:002011-01-13T15:23:13.493-06:00Great tip Helen. Thanks for sharing. It is importa...Great tip Helen. Thanks for sharing. It is important to watch out for passive verbs. I still struggle with this so, I highlight all instances of the word "was" in my manuscript using Microsoft Word "find" feature and setting a macro.Author Dawn Brazilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266576901266161844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034870489740704181.post-44194267215102896572011-01-13T14:29:38.040-06:002011-01-13T14:29:38.040-06:00Good advice, Dawn. When I'm editing for client...Good advice, Dawn. When I'm editing for clients, one of the most prevalent things I see is over-dependence on the passive verb. Usually I note it then highlight. Sometimes I'll end up highlighting so many on one page that I stop. You can do that for yourself. Most of us would be amazed at how often we use "was" or other passive forms.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034870489740704181.post-21263279077989082932011-01-12T23:16:08.646-06:002011-01-12T23:16:08.646-06:00Thanks, Brenda and Cathy. There are so many editin...Thanks, Brenda and Cathy. There are so many editing tips that I could have included here but I felt the ones that I had were the most important. I only wish I'd learned all of them early on during the editing of my first attempt at a novel.Author Dawn Brazilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266576901266161844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034870489740704181.post-54460938976831311902011-01-12T20:59:35.956-06:002011-01-12T20:59:35.956-06:00Some great tips here and yes, the fresh eyes and e...Some great tips here and yes, the fresh eyes and even better, a fresh expression to go with them, therein lies the rub! Thanks Dawn. CathyKozak, from SheWrites.cathykozakhttp://cathykozak.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034870489740704181.post-63377546308820726822011-01-12T20:45:04.805-06:002011-01-12T20:45:04.805-06:00Great tips, especially the one about fresh eyes. I...Great tips, especially the one about fresh eyes. I thought I'd nailed the plot of my novel (not the editing, of course, but the plot) when I wrote it. But after leaving it sit for a while and coming at it with fresh eyes I found so many plot holes you could strain spaghetti with it!<br /><br />Thanks for the great tips!Brenda Kezarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14179434405937535019noreply@blogger.com