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    Self-Editing: The Beginner Writer's Toolkit, #1

    By Claire Boston

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    About this ebook

    You’ve finished the first draft of your novel. Now to make it shine.

    This book will show you how by focusing first on the structural aspects of a great book and then getting down to the nitty gritty of copy editing and proofreading.

    Not sure if the beginning will hook the reader? Think your pacing might be off? Is something not quite right, but you don’t know what it is? Learn how to analyse what’s not working in your manuscript and get tips on how to fix it. 

    Claire Boston has been writing, mentoring and judging competitions for more than ten years and continues to see the same issues in beginner writers’ work. She made the same mistakes when she was starting out. 

    With her help you can avoid the pitfalls and ensure your manuscript is the best it can be before you submit it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBantilly Publishing
    Release dateSep 30, 2016
    ISBN9780994552891
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    Self-Editing: The Beginner Writer's Toolkit, #1
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    Claire Boston

    Claire Boston has loved dragons, magic and everything fantastical since she read The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton. As a child she used to sneak to the bottom of the garden in the hope of finding fairies. Alas she never found any, so she brought them alive in her own imagination. As she grew older, she fell in love with romance and romantic suspense when she discovered her mother’s stash of Nora Roberts novels. When Claire began writing, she was torn between fantasy and romance so in the end decided to write both. Her stories are full of love, adventure and escape. When Claire’s not writing she can be found creating her own handmade journals, swinging on a sidecar, or in the garden attempting to grow something other than weeds. Claire lives in Western Australia with her husband, who loves even her most annoying quirks, and is currently learning how to crochet.

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