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By: Cassia Motta

Cassia Motta — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:52:28 +0000

Great article, loved it. I am from Brazil and we speak Portuguese, English is only my second language, but is this correct?

“Myself, being AN fiction writer…”

Loving everything about this website. =)

By: Rory

Rory — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:02:13 +0000

Hi Eden,

As a new but not so young writer, half way through my first novel, I realised that I will be faced with a huge task in editing.

Your post is the first thing I found upon searching for guidence. I really like the points you make and admire your knowledge.

My writing skills are based mainly in life experience and are no so academic. I fear some might say forget about it but I do believe in what I am doing.

My question, if you dont mind my asking Eden, is; which editing and proofing tools would you recommend to a beginner like myself? Can you recommend a book to cover most of a beginning writers needs. Where should I begin to learn to self edit. Thank you Eden……….Rory

By: Hanna

Hanna — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:10:49 +0000

Here is another f tool for writers tips collection – http://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck.

By: SCP

SCP — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:39:24 +0000

I really do like the thought on “without” as well, but personally don’t have a problem with that word. On the same note, though, I did go back through twenty thousand words of a draft only to find 237 uses of the word “spikes”. Go figure. The thing is, not everyone’s fluff grammar will be the same; I might start using something else without realizing it. Look out for that, the rest of you. Thank you!

By: Shelley Gable

Shelley Gable — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:50:09 +0000

Thanks for sharing these lessons learned – I’m especially going to keep your Adverb section in mind. When I find myself using an adverb, I’ll take an extra moment to see if there’s a more powerful or descriptive verb I can use instead. Thanks!

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By: barbara

barbara — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:47:09 +0000

I used the edit find to see how many times I used very; I didn’t get one however it stopped on everybody or every. Does this fall under very too?
barbara

By: marc nash

marc nash — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:55:29 +0000

Thanks for crystallising these so well and accessibly (redundant adverb?)

One I wasn’t sure about was the ‘pushed the door handle with her elbow’ – I’m interested to know as the reader why she couldn’t use her hand? What was she carrying… Could maybe say ‘nudged the door open(shut) with her elbow’ …?

I’m forever employing the ‘find’ function on Microsoft Word and replacing words that get repeated. But then I also get accused of being unnecessarily over-wordy when I do replace words (and particularly adverbs) in this way. Can’t win huh?

Thanks again

marc nash

By: Heidi

Heidi — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:22:56 +0000

Great writeup, Eden. And well timed, considering I’m neck deep in revisions & re-writes. :)

The points about “without” and non-events are especially good points, and ones I need to be more cognizant about. :)

By: barbara

barbara — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:29:57 +0000

I will never use the word without again. Thank you for showing me exactly how useless it is. I stumbled onto this website and enjoyed it. I intend to return often. Again, thank you.

barbara

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By: Eden

Eden — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:56:21 +0000

Without is one word I’d never really thought about until the editor pointed it out to me. It’s certainly unnecessary. It’s amazing how much I keep learning…I’ll never have it all figured out, it seems ;)
Thanks so much for reading and commenting!

By: Eden

Eden — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:54:57 +0000

Thank you!! I’m so glad you stopped by =)

By: Eden

Eden — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:54:26 +0000

Yes…that is definitely overused. Sometimes it’s needed, but I remember when I did my first search for thats…wow, is all I can say!