Developmental Chapter Edit
by CoreCommander Creative Production › Editing
70 minutes 5 Steps
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Questions to answer
- What is this chapter's job in the book?
- What does the main character want, and what stops them?
- What has changed by the last page?
- Why would a reader turn to the next chapter?
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Read the chapter
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Margin notes
20 minutesMark confusion, slow patches, great moments and missed opportunities.
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Write an edit letter
20 minutesSummarise the chapter's strengths first, then the three most important problems, with a suggestion for each.
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Prioritise
- Rank the fixes from biggest to smallest
- Note any changes that ripple into other chapters