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No one gets it perfect, much less the first time. Well, except Mozart. But as writers, we should accept the whole idea of editing our work and see it as being as integral a part of our writing as the story itself. Here, then, is my hard-earned wisdom (ahem) on getting rid of what's unnecessary, and an example of how I cut the fat. So to speak. Or write. Yes, I need to stop adding non-sentences now.
This is the first chapter of a romance novel. The author had edited several times, with the help of friends. Note sentence structure issues and lack of comma use as well and hyphened words.
This is Example Before, after it has been edited professionally. Note the flow, tension, and shorter word count. Grammar, sentence structure and comma use are now correct.
No one gets it perfect, much less the first time. Well, except Mozart. But as writers, we should accept the whole idea of editing our work and see it as being as integral a part of our writing as the story itself. Here, then, is my hard-earned wisdom (ahem) on getting rid of what's unnecessary, and an example of how I cut the fat. So to speak. Or write. Yes, I need to stop adding non-sentences now.
This is the first chapter of a romance novel. The author had edited several times, with the help of friends. Note sentence structure issues and lack of comma use as well and hyphened words.
This is Example Before, after it has been edited professionally. Note the flow, tension, and shorter word count. Grammar, sentence structure and comma use are now correct.