Post by account_disabled on Jan 6, 2024 10:02:58 GMT 2
It was his comment on my article on how and when to reread a text that inadvertently gave me this advice. At the time I replied that printing would cost me too much (I don't have a printer), but in reality that wasn't the case. I reduced the number of pages by changing the font and so, at the copy shop, it only cost me 2.60 euros. Rereading the printed manuscript is really different from reading it on the screen. The feeling I had was that I was reading someone else's text. The reading medium had changed and the text had taken on a different, almost unusual form. Above all, it was easier and also less painful to cross out some parts, rewrite others, correct and add notes here and there.
Use a red pen Andrea Cabassi's advice I hadn't thought about it. In reality I hadn't decided how to revise my book, only that I would revise it by rereading it in print. That's all. Maybe I would have used Special Data the blue pen (I have several blue, black and one red bic taken on offer). But the idea of the red pen was brilliant. My manuscript is obviously printed with black ink on white sheets and the red marks (many, many) are noticeable which is wonderful. Using a high-contrast color to proofread and rewrite makes the mistake stand out and makes revision easier. Rewrite the text from scratch The advice of Alessio Montagner In one of my posts he wrote something like this: after printing the text, he deletes the manuscript file, so he is forced to rewrite it from scratch. I didn't do something like that, but something very similar.
I deleted chapter by chapter and then rewrote it from scratch following the corrections in red on the printed sheet. In my opinion this method works, regardless of whether you want to delete the file completely or just a piece at a time like me, and it works for two reasons: it makes revision faster : I would have spent more time looking for the songs to edit, selecting them and deleting them and then rewriting them it makes the revision better : because it allowed me to find further repetitions and improve the text even further Conclusion When the work isn't done yet Once I finished rewriting all the chapters, I reread the book from the beginning for further verification and to have an overall vision of the entire work. And then? Now I have to write a good synopsis , which I will need if the publisher requests it, and prepare an email to send to the publisher with my editorial proposal. The rest will just be waiting.
Use a red pen Andrea Cabassi's advice I hadn't thought about it. In reality I hadn't decided how to revise my book, only that I would revise it by rereading it in print. That's all. Maybe I would have used Special Data the blue pen (I have several blue, black and one red bic taken on offer). But the idea of the red pen was brilliant. My manuscript is obviously printed with black ink on white sheets and the red marks (many, many) are noticeable which is wonderful. Using a high-contrast color to proofread and rewrite makes the mistake stand out and makes revision easier. Rewrite the text from scratch The advice of Alessio Montagner In one of my posts he wrote something like this: after printing the text, he deletes the manuscript file, so he is forced to rewrite it from scratch. I didn't do something like that, but something very similar.
I deleted chapter by chapter and then rewrote it from scratch following the corrections in red on the printed sheet. In my opinion this method works, regardless of whether you want to delete the file completely or just a piece at a time like me, and it works for two reasons: it makes revision faster : I would have spent more time looking for the songs to edit, selecting them and deleting them and then rewriting them it makes the revision better : because it allowed me to find further repetitions and improve the text even further Conclusion When the work isn't done yet Once I finished rewriting all the chapters, I reread the book from the beginning for further verification and to have an overall vision of the entire work. And then? Now I have to write a good synopsis , which I will need if the publisher requests it, and prepare an email to send to the publisher with my editorial proposal. The rest will just be waiting.