Writing and editing are two different things, but the latter can be the key to producing well-written blog posts and blogged book manuscripts. Today writing teacher and New York Times bestselling author Jerry Jenkins (@JerryBJenkins) offers advice on self-editing. Want to immediately improve your writing? It’s not a matter of studying a specific technique, learning […]
Five Essential Tools for Editing Your Own Writing
Most bloggers do not have the time or money to hire an editor for each post they publish. Yet, the quality of a post increases significantly with editing. What’s a blogger to do? Try one of the editing apps described by freelance writer and ghostwriter Dan Kenitz (@buildwithwords) in this post. Writing without revising is […]
How to Self-Edit as You Blog Your Book
When you blog a book, you publish the first draft of your manuscript in cyberspace. However, you still need to share great content. How is that possible when you aren’t sharing “finished” work with the world? You must learn to do a great job of self-editing your early posts—or versions of your manuscript—so they appear […]