Your Next Draft
Your Next Draft is the fiction writer's guide to developmental editing. What do you do after your first draft? How do you flesh out flat characters, fill in plot holes, and hook your readers from the first page to the last? What does editing a novel even mean? Developmental editor and book coach Alice Sudlow answers all these questions and more. Each week, she shares the editing strategies she's using with her one-on-one clients so you can put them to use in your own novel. Tune in for tips, tools, and step-by-step guides for the novel editing process.
Your Next Draft
7 More Speedy Strategies to Edit Your Novel Faster
Writing your book doesn't have to take forever. Editing your book doesn't have to take forever.
And in this episode, the fourth and final installment of our speedy writing and editing series, you'll learn seven strategies to make your editing process more efficient so you can finish your next draft—and then your next book—faster.
We'll cover:
- How to make sure the changes you're making to your novel will work—before you edit a single word.
- Why taking extra time to practice the skill of editing one scene will have an outsized impact on your whole editing process.
- Why making reading a regular part of your life will help you edit faster and more effectively.
Want more speedy tips? Check out episode 6 of the podcast for three more strategies to edit your novel faster. And check out episode 4 and episode 5 for tips on how to finish your first draft faster. Hint: these tips will be helpful in your editing process, too!
Plus, get a quick-reference list of all ten speedy editing strategies by going to alicesudlow.com/editfast.
And if you’d like expert editing support that will help you finish your next draft so much faster, I’d love to help. Send me a note at alice@alicesudlow.com and tell me about your book!
Links mentioned in the episode:
- Find me on Instagram and Facebook
- Hire me to edit your book: alicesudlow.com/contact or alice@alicesudlow.com
- Get your guide to all ten editing strategies: alicesudlow.com/editfast
- Episode 2: How Many Drafts Does it Take to Edit a Book?
- Episode 3: How to Figure Out Which Draft You're Writing: First Draft, Second Draft, and More
- Episode 4: 10 Productivity Tips to Finish Writing Your First Draft Faster
- Episode 5: 11 Creativity Tips to Finish Writing Your First Draft Faster
- Episode 6: 3 Speedy Strategies to Edit Your Novel Faster
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