10 Steps to Save Your Editor's Sanity

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Dreading the moment when your manuscript comes back from the editor dripping in red lines?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>You can save both of you time and energy with a few basic steps. Sending your work to an editor can be a nerve-wracking experience but it is possible to make the moment worth celebrating if you have confidence in your writing quality and edit for the most common issues that plague manuscripts. Follow these 10 steps before hitting send and your editor will thank you!</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Part One: Start with the Big Picture</strong></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Step One: Consider Point of View</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Step Two: Fix Pesky Dialogue Formatting Stuff</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Part Two: Zoom in to Examine the Nitty Gritty</strong></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Step Three: Up Your Verb Game</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Step Four: Use Punctuation as Intended</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Step Five: Track Your Bad Habits</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Part Three: Come Over to the Deep End-you'll be fine!</strong></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Step Six: Tweak Your Sentence Structure</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Step Seven: Add Sentence Variety</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Part Four: Before You Click Send...</strong></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Step Eight: Know What You Want</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Step Nine: Create a Style Sheet</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Step Ten: Just Breathe</span></li></ul><p><br></p>