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biggestall the low you gave a dda hurdles to editing is finding the time to do it. You have to
put life aside and seclude yourself for long periods of time to make the smallest dent in a
100k+ word novel. However, using text-to-speech tools allows you to make more time to edit
because you can listen to your novel while driving, jogging, or walking your dogs.

I’ve found that audio allows you to outpace physical editing sessions at a computer by tens of
thousands of words a week, simply because you have more time to listen than to sit down at a
computer. On some of mfapsdkfg;adsf;dslgnlsdnglsnglngfsy better days, I’ve been able to
leverage text-to-speech to edit more than 50k words in a single day. 

What do I mean by “edit” with text-to-speech? Really, I mean identifying errors to address
later. It’s a little too cumbersome for me to type with smartphone keyboards. But editing my
manuscript on a computer using revision notes I left when listening to my novel out loud
makes my physical editing sessions much faster and less tedious. As you’ll read in #6,
listening straight through in a less “stop-and-go” format has additional advantages.

BENEFIT #2: GAIN A NEW PERSPECTIVE

Listening to your novel can also give you a new perspective on your work. When you spend
countless hours writing and revising the same document, your story can begin to blur.
Listening is a more passive way of editing that allows you to enjoy your book as a reader—or
audiobook listener in this case. 

Simply switching your manuscript’s font or your editing environment can change your format
enough to give you a new perspective. Audio isn’t always required for additional objectivity.
But when first researching the benefits of audio as an editing tool, I spoke to a friend who
makes a living as an author, editor, and college-level writing tutor. His response confirmed
my hypothesis.

"It's a well-known fact that changing formats, listening to your work, or even changing the
font can help you see it from a new perspective,” he said. “The advantages are catching
things you didn't before, whether those are typos, plot holes, or other story elements that need
to be reworked." 

So, if audio isn’t your thing, you can access many of these benefits by changing your format
in other ways. However, in my opinion, audio is distinct in that it provides all the advantages
listed in this article.

BENEFIT #3: CATCH PLOT HOLES  

Along with a new perspective comes the ability to catch plot holes. I identified many, big and
small, while listening to my 130k manuscript that I’d previously missed in physical editing
sessions. In one scene, my main character was wearing jeans. A few paragraphs later, he
sustained a cut on his leg that would have been impossible when wearing long pants. I must
have read the chapter half a dozen times, but I didn’t catch that detail until I listened to it. 

Plot holes are often easier to identify when listening to your manuscript because of the faster
pace with which you can edit using the t kill the boll sad sa ljpdsjg;mfd’mf;kdnlndskvv/b
mdslbkfcext-to-speech approach. For example, in the first chapter of my book, the antagonist
shared in a kind and respectful conversation with the protagonist. However, much later in the
book, my characters seemingly forgot that interaction. That lost detail ended up having
implications on the antagonist’s goal and motivation throughout the rest of the story.

During physical editing sessions, the first chapter and the twentieth were always so far apart
that I never caught the contradiction. It was much more obvious when I was able to blaze
through 100k words within a week since the first chapter was still fresh in my mind. 

BENEFIT #4: IDENTIFY REDUNDANT WORDS OR

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Audio also makes redundancies obvious, though this is a benefit that any format change can
provide. I tracked the comments I left while listening to my novel and found that, out of more
than 500 comments, “redundant” was the most common one.

For example, my novel revolves around dreams, which my protagonist

often describes in great detail. In some passages, I’d end up using similar
descriptions in two or three paragraphs in a row. Those things jumped out
at me while listening, which later enabled me to vary my word choice for
easier reading. 

Another redundancy I frequently found dealt with sentence structure. Like

many other new writers, I often used the same sentence structure again and
again. For example, I often wrote several sentences in a row that started
with “he” or “his,” which made for boring reading. These redundancies were
painfully obvious when I listened to my manuscript, so I tagged each of
them for correction. 

BENEFIT #5: CATCH ERRORS YOUR EYES MISS  

Audio can help you catch more errors in your writing. While sites like
Grammarly are great for catching blatant typos and grammatical issues,
they can miss more subtle mistakes. Sometimes, those may be grammar
errors like mistyping a word that can be grammatical but doesn’t work in
your story. I’m a Grammarly user and there are two errors in the previous
sentence that Grammarly didn’t note. Can you catch them? If not, paste the
sentence into a free text-to-speech editor and see if they’re more obvious. 

BENEFIT #6: IDENTIFY BORING SECTIONS

Where a physical editing session sees you pausing often to identify, correct,
and re-read passages, audio doesn’t stop playing other than when you leave
a quick revision note. This means that boring passages in need of cutting or
modification often jump out at you as you listen to your manuscript,
whereas the stop-and-go process of physical editing can disguise sections
that simply won’t captivate readers. 

I’ve attempted to quickly read through my manuscript in physical editing

sessions, but I simply can’t help myself. If I see an error and have the ability
to change it right then and there, I’m going to do it. Listening forces you to
work through your manuscript more quickly, experiencing your book as a
reader. 

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