Complete Guide to Editing Your Fiction Book

Everything you need to know to improve your fiction and increase your chances of getting published, written by a professional editor with more than 40 years of experience. Using an easy-to-reference format, experienced editor Michael Seidman shows you how to approach fiction editing from three angles: "macro editing," style editing and market editing. In the first section, learn to reread your manuscript paying close attention to the continuity of narrative elements, such as point of view, characterization, sequencing and dialogue.

After revising and rearranging these elements, see how to edit stylistic aspects, scanning the work with foolproof techniques to ensure proper spelling, grammar and word choice. This guide also teaches how to edit work from a marketing perspective, to keep the expectations of their readership firmly in mind as they title their manuscripts and write their submissions.