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Self-Editing on a Penny
- A Comprehensive Guide
- Narrated by: Sandy Vernon, Faust Kells
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 04-21-15
- Language: English
- Publisher: Ashlyn Forge
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $6.95
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Publisher's Summary
You've just written a book - a masterpiece, the next great classic, the single piece of literature that's going to be required reading 100 years from now, long after you're good and dead and most of mankind has been replaced by robots.
But...now what?
Can you afford an editor? How do you decide on a good one? And how much of it can you do by yourself?
- Grammar
- Style
- Syntax
- Plot development
- Proofreading
- Formatting
- And, more importantly, cost-saving methods
Self-Editing on a Penny was created by an independent author for independent authors. Don't make the same costly mistakes I've made. Self-edit first.
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Generous tips! Engaging delivery!
This guide is sure to please! It wins on so many levels. The tips are generous, clear, and engaging -- chock full of line by line examples of what to do, what not to do, and why! The narrators are perfectly collaborative, and the writing is often funny. Highly recommended! Eleven stars!
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