WrenSense: 7 proven ideas to proofread your own novel

(If you just cannot afford an editor, do this at the very least)
”Proofreading means examining your text carefully to find and correct typographical errors and mistakes in grammar, style, and spelling.”(https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Proofreading.html)
 The basic idea is to trick your mind so that you don’t get caught up in the story and miss the mistakes.

1. Surround yourself with WOE IS I by Patricia T. O'Connor and a good dictionary.
2. Inflate size of print on computer page so that you see as few lines as possible. You will be able to almost edit word by word.
3. Print text. Using a piece of cardboard, cover whole page except first line. Edit page, one line at a time.
4. Edit backward. Starting at “The End” instead of the beginning, one paragraph at a time.
5. Have Create Space print a few proof books (free) and have your severest critic read and edit them.
6. Find retired teachers who might edit them for free just for the hell of it.
7. Read book OUT LOUD to an audience.

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