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FOCAL POINTS 7
What problems have you identified?
Thoughts
Done
PROCESS
PROCESS
PROCESS
Choices and Consistency
Have you made specific choices and followed them throughout the text?
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SYMPTOMS SYMPTOMS SYMPTOMS
Second Revision
(fast) (slow) (bumpy)
SYMPTOMS SYMPTOMS
Impact
ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
Characters-related Problems Dialogues-related Problems
Are they well presented throughout the arc of the story? Are dialogues too long, dramatic, forced? Are there any clichés?
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COMMON ISSUES COMMON ISSUES COMMON ISSUES COMMON ISSUES
Clichés & Co. Adjectives and Adverbs Dialogue Tags Openings and Closings
Beware of weak metaphors, gerund, italics, common places Overused adjective-noun combo, useless adverbs, automatisms What verbs do you use? Are there repeated actions? Do the start and the ending of the chapters work? And the incipit?
COMMON ISSUES
Final Touches FINAL TOUCHES 1 FINAL TOUCHES 2
(end)
FINAL TOUCHES 3
Getting ready
Find the editorial norms of a publisher you like and fix the text
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