The Tidy Guide to Self-Editing Your Novel: The clutter-free, 30-minute course for polishing your book without going crazy

Tidy Guides #2

by Rachel Aukes

You've written a novel. Now what?

It's editing time!

The Tidy Guide to Self-Editing Your Novel brings you a no-nonsense approach to revise and polish your book. In this guide, you'll learn how to…

Self-edit your novel with a calm, motivated mindset
Polish your story so that it shines above the competition

The Tidy Guide to Self-Editing Your Novel is a quick 30-minute read that’s jam-packed with information essential for writers at any stage in their careers.

Genres: Writing

48 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 1, 2019

About the author

Rachel Aukes is the bestselling author of over forty books, including 100 Days in Deadland, which made Suspense Magazine’s Best of the Year list. She writes in a number of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller, and more. Her series includes Waymaker Wars, Space Troopers, Flight of the Javelin, Fringe, Deadland Saga, Colliding Worlds, and Guardians of the Seven Seals. Her novels have repeatedly been Amazon Top 100 bestsellers and #1 bestsellers in Horror, Post-Apocalyptic, Space Fleet, Space Marine, Galactic Empire, Colonization, Alien Invasion, and Cyberpunk. When not writing, Rachel can be found flying old airplanes with an incredibly spoiled dog over the Iowa countryside.

Reviews

[Saadia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Following the pattern of the preceding book ‘The tidy guide to writing a novel,’  this book follows a clear, organised method to self editing your novel. This method is divided into headings and sub headings in a chronological order so that the reader may follow this step-by-step guide as they progress. This prevents the reader from getting lost in a theoretical pile and helps in better execution of the information.
This book helps the reader get acquainted with the different obstacles one has to face while editing and the practices that help overcome these hindrances. The author further addresses each heading/ element of editing separately, providing insight on the questions we should ask ourselves while editing and the loopholes we must avoid. The author also mentions snags, overused words and styles one must abstain from.
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[Dennis Nagel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tidy and Helpful

I found “The Tidy Guide to Self-Editing Your Novel” to be a helpful resource to help work through the never-ending process of editing my novel. I’ve been approaching the job with a circular routine that sometimes drives me crazy. It seems that I can never go through a chapter without making changes. I need to finish the job, and l like the approach Rachel has presented. It makes a lot of sense.
I look forward to finishing my edit so l can start fresh on my next book.

[Beth Alexandria · Rating 5 out of 5]

To the point and very helpful.

If you ever needed someone to just walk you quickly through the steps of editing your manuscript, this is the one. Ms. Aukes explaines each step simply, gives good examples and even details common pitfalls. I would recommend this to anyone who is writing a novel who is looking to self publishing or is even thinking of going with the big 5 TP.

[C.O. Bonham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but informative.

I was wonder how helpful such a short book on editing would be, but let me assure you it was very helpful. Is it all encompassing? No, but it does lay a very detailed ground work. More than enough to begin editing your own manuscript while to continue to learn more.

I'm sure I will reference this short book multiple times as I polish my novel.

[Doris Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great guideline for editing. I will put it to good use on my next book.

[Adam Messer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great quick read for editing

This is a great quick reference guideline for the rules of editing. I also enjoyed the style sheet, noting important rules in an easy to read format.