Book editing - a necessary evil
29.6.12
You may have noticed a recent internet discussion on Linked-In about the quality of writing and the need to keep high standards.
After much editing, I thought I would achieve a high standard in the second edition of my novel "Reversal Point" but, when proofing the pre-publication copy, I started finding things that could be written better.
Does English look one way on the computer and another way on paper?
I seem to recall advice somewhere that you should always do a final edit on paper, which I hadn't.
So what is so linguistically deceptive about the computer screen?
Answers or not, I'm going back to the drawing board, so to speak.
You may have noticed a recent internet discussion on Linked-In about the quality of writing and the need to keep high standards.
After much editing, I thought I would achieve a high standard in the second edition of my novel "Reversal Point" but, when proofing the pre-publication copy, I started finding things that could be written better.
Does English look one way on the computer and another way on paper?
I seem to recall advice somewhere that you should always do a final edit on paper, which I hadn't.
So what is so linguistically deceptive about the computer screen?
Answers or not, I'm going back to the drawing board, so to speak.
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