Self-Editing Your Fic: Posting & Proofreading
You’ve made it through developmental, line editing, and copyediting, and now you’re ready to post your fic on the platform of your choice.
Fair warning: There will be profanity. There will be unfounded opinions. There will be baby blood and puppy tears. There may or may not be cake. There will also be unforgiveable narcissism.
You’ve made it through developmental, line editing, and copyediting, and now you’re ready to post your fic on the platform of your choice.
Now it’s time to go through your manuscript to pick the nits and split the hairs to make it as clean as it can be.
On Writing May 24, 2026 Copyediting is what many people think of when they think of “editing”: fixing spelling, grammar, punctuation, and usage errors and
It’s time to dig down into the depths of your fic to examine how well the language you use tells your story.
On Writing April 29, 2026 In my last post, I defined the various levels of editing. Here, I’m going to give you some ideas for
Writing fic is supposed to be fun and subversive, and no one should expect perfection from any writer, much less one who’s doing it for love rather than money, but getting the basics right is still important.
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