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For any author who's published a book, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't reached that stretch of your journey yet, here's an example of what some of the symbols mean:
So, imagine seeing your manuscript marked up with (in my case) tons of these symbols, along with notes in the margins. Some telling me what to change, other marks telling me not to pay attention to the previous comments.
So this week i'm finishing up with round 1 of revisions for RUMORS and soon after I'll have copyedits to do. And you better believe i'll need a refresher on all of this since it's been a year already!
What stage of the writing process are you currently in and have you learned anything new?
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13 comments:
This is definitely a great list to have. I knew them in college but alas, so many years have passed. (As well as brain cells LOL
Thanks for sharing this list. I actually have one, and no...don't have an editor yet. But hope to soon. Things are looking up. Glad to see you've survived what I'll have ahead of me. lol
It looks like an alien alphabet! No wonder so many writers get frustrated! Hah. Good luck!
Interesting. Somehow it's exciting and droll at the same time. I suppose if I ever make it to that stage it won't seem that way at all anymore.
Thanks for sharing Rose!
Cool list. Hasn't been necessary so far since all my crits have been online. Can't do these things there. :D
My 10th graded English teach taught us these haha
sigh. Revisions. I've learned revisions are exhausting... :D
Oooo aren't they nifty little symbols! I just relied on my beta readers ( who ROCK) and my own super critical inner voice. Very happy with said result :)
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Luckily, the dictionary has a glossary of all of those . . . LOL. They look confusing!
Congrats on finishing your revision! And good luck with the copyedits!
I read what the symbols are supposed to mean and it still looks a bit like gibberish to me..... YIKES.
Amusing yet very informative post! Thankfully, I knew at least 2/3 of these, and hopefully, I'll be able to make use of them some day when I get an editor. :)
LOL. Fun post. It brought back memories from the first time I saw those strange markings and said, "Huh?" :)
Thanks so much for posting this! As someone on the outside looking in, it's always fascinating what we can look forward to!
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