I reached a milestone in my writing last week, finishing an entire re-write. It was so exciting. I've been receiving some awesome, way helpful feedback from my critique partners. Who could live without them?
So, in the midst of fixing my screw ups, I decided to send my MS to my Kindle. I read late at night when the house is quiet and everyone including the dog is asleep. What a perfect way to see it from the readers perspective. And I had to grab a notebook. I've found so many inconsistencies and mistakes. Nothing to warrant another re-write, thank God. But just a few things here and there that I missed when I was looking at it on the computer. So, I'm back to search and destroy. If you haven't done this and you have a tablet or an e-reader, do it. It's totally worth it.
Congrats! Finishing a rewrite is big stuff. They are SO difficult! Trying to figure out what to cut and what to keep and how to tweak. It's like preforming plastic surgery without any computer generated "after" pictures to go by, and the client failed to tell you what size implant she wants before she was sedated. ;) Yeah, it's big stuff.
ReplyDeleteYay! You did a great job on the re-write. And, yes, reading it on a tablet is a great way to catch typos and inconsistencies that you missed on the computer screen (or the printed page!)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely AGREED! The Kindle is ideal for this.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations with the re-writes. For me they are always the worst. I can never stop finding things to fix. Thanks for the great tip. I must try it.
ReplyDeleteI read my stuff on my Kindle Fire as well. I'd be lost without it!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea. Reading it from a different perspective can point out stuff you might normally miss.
ReplyDeleteHey TC!! yep I always do it and it helps SOOO much. You can edit the crap out of it from your open doc, but it's not til you read it like a book--the way it was meant to be read--that you reall start catching important stuff.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I also get my Kindle to read the text aloud. It's a great way to spot typos.
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