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self-editing
Articles tagged "self-editing".
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Why Codex Mentions Won’t Underline in Pendrilo
Pendrilo’s Codex can underline mentions of characters, places, groups, items, and lore notes as you draft. Here’s how matching works and what to check when an e
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How to Back Up Your Manuscript Before a Big Revision
Before you cut your third act or merge two characters into one, take a snapshot. Here's how point-in-time backups let you rewrite fearlessly and undo cleanly if
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Reconstruct Your Manuscript's Reading Order After Revisions
Scenes written out of order and heavy revision often scramble your manuscript's structure. Here's how to find the true reading order and fix it without starting
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Auditing Chapter Structure with Your Outline View
New writers often end up with chapters that are either too long, too short, or attempting multiple storylines at once. This post shows you how to spot the probl
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Track Changes for Novel Writing, Without the Word Mess
After a heavy revision pass, you need to know what actually changed. Pendrilo's snapshot diff viewer shows what moved between whole-manuscript states without th
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Convert Your Plot Board Into a Report You Can Print for Revision
The old advice to "print your outline and hunt for gaps" only works if the printout actually shows you where the gaps are. Here's how to turn a plot board into
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How Writing Software Tracks Character Mentions in a Large Cast
Writers with sprawling casts often go looking for a tool that catches every inconsistent character reference automatically. Here's what that technology actually
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Text-to-Speech Proofing vs. Audiobook Export: Two Different Jobs
"AI reads my manuscript" means two very different things depending on which tool you pick. Here's how free text-to-speech proofing differs from an audiobook exp
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Typing Lock: The Sprint Mode Feature That Stops You From Editing
Typing lock is an optional sprint-mode toggle that physically disables backspace and delete while you draft, so your inner editor can't hijack the session. Here
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Finding That One Line: Search Your Author Library
That perfect line you wrote six months ago is hiding in your twelve manuscript files. Here's how library search works, which chapters it covers, and how it diff
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Dyslexia-Friendly Writing Software: Comfortable Editing Settings
Editing for hours shouldn't hurt your eyes or fight your dyslexia. Here's how reading-friendly display settings work, and why they never change what readers see
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A Writer's Scratchpad: Where to Park Stray Ideas
Stray plot ideas and stray sticky notes have a way of multiplying. Here's how to give them one home that follows you across devices without cluttering your draf