How to LINE EDIT a Novel (Like a Boss!)

I just need a professional editor, or what they use

Abbie will be the editor.

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Just woke up out of the coffin?

three years later and now I'm to this part of my now existing novel. insane!

I "over use" the semi-colon, according to my editor; I think she's wrong. My process for line editing is doing a read with highlighters but digitally; I put it on my Kindle and use it's notes and highlighting feature. Once I've made the corrections from that, then I use PWA and Scrivener's linguistic focus to keep tightening. Finally, I export to Word and use the Read Aloud feature because it has the best robot voices.

Alpha and beta readers usually happen sporadically mixed in there as I can't control others schedules as well as I can my own and trying to fit my schedule around others just gave me a headache.

I also have a punctuation fetish but mines with commas, heh

I like writing stories, but I can't end them properly.

This is really helpful 👏

I am writing my book in google docs and I have two friends editing and commenting as I go. I do have a problem with feeling like it already has to be finished before they read it though.

I just finished writing last month. I already beta-read by an editor, and the book was out online, but now I need to edit it and edit from scratch! I didn't write it in English. Thank you for your vdo. I need help finding good writing tips in my mother tongue language.

Come across your vdo from Thailand. Thank you! I need this!

I am a reader that thinks i have afew stories bouncing around in my head. After watching your videos i read one of my stories. Not bad but could be way better. And other editors on line sound like they have bad microphones. On the other hand in your videos i can hear you loud and clear,even while turned away. Thanks

I’m an M-dash guy myself—but prioritize them for emphasis! :)

Thanks!

Yes yes I'm guilty of punctuation edits. I love my m dashes alot just because I feel comas can confuse the readers but dash gives explanations relating to the sentence. Not sure how to explain what I mean properly, but I think most of us understand. Just use your judgment.

I use semi colons a lot in replacement of co-ordinating conjunctions I know I arrived late.. like really late but still..

Don't forget when you're editing to simplify and combine sentences wherever you can. What I mean by that is sometimes you write two, three, etc. sentences that could easily be combined into one. Say you have one sentence that's a description of the location, and the next sentence is the character, I don't know, picking up an object. You could combine it like this:

Instead of saying: "The library was dark and forbidding. Alexander pulled a book out of the tallest bookcase."

You could simplify and speed up the pace by saying: "Alexander pulled a book out of the tallest bookcase in the dark and forbidding library."

I don't know, but I hope this is helpful to someone because this advice made my writing so so much better.

To add on: Even though both examples above have the same amount of words, when you combine two sentences into one, you read it faster without a pause in between, so it flows better. It's the same way commas make you read it with a pause.

speaking about punctuation obsession ... I guess I use the three dots waaay too much ... and I love them too much to cut them out 😂
Thanks for that great insights on your editing process! Really, really helpful!