Editing Your Novel's Structure

by Bethany A Tucker

[zooloo1983]

I agreed to do the tour for this as I wanted to learn more about editing a book. Not only because I am 24,000 words into my book, which probably won’t see the light of day, but because I am interested to see what editors and authors have to go through to get to the final polish of their book.

Not all the sections I felt were relevant to me, but I still read them soaking up the information. This is definitely something you can flick back and forth to and I have already picked up a lot of information and some tips which I can’t wait to apply to my book when I get the time.

The author provides links to external sources and further reading material which I will be checking out. It has made me think more about the setting, timelines (which I had to check with mine) and character-building too. The checklists were also handy and I think this might be my pocket friend for a long time until I have the confidence to go somewhere with it.

I loved the references to other books and tv shows to help explain points and for a reader, it was interesting to read to see what authors/editors go through to get us that final book. Plus it has made me want to read her books too!!!

Think this will be my friend for a while! Thank you!