25 Golden Rules of Self-Editing

• How to self-edit and revise your fiction story 
• 12 tips for revising your own manuscript
• Set your story aside
• Revise by deconstructing 
• How to use Track Changes on your manuscript
• Six useful tips for self-editing your book
• How to get rid of MS Word's proofreading marks
• Missing typos? Try editing old-fashioned way
• Don't trust spellcheck, your junior high-aged editor
• BONUS: “Young or old, good or bad, I don’t think anything dies as slow and as hard as a writer.”

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