In this episode we share 13 editing tips to make your manuscript lean and mean.

Highlights:

01:51 Do you enjoy editing your work?

03:00 Character is King: Editor Edition

10:26 First Step: Take a break from your MS

13:28 Weed out clutter, weak verbs, and repetition

18:22 Hone your precision (sentence efficiency)

19:56 He said/She said (attribute tags)

24:10 The oldest rule in the book: Show Don’t Tell

26:31 Passive voice makes you sound scared

31:00 Sentence flow: Make a literary melody