Showing posts with label quick prose check. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quick prose check. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Quick Prose Check

I've used it for checking typos when writing features, but I began doing this unconsciously this weekend when editing scenes.

Read your work backwards.

I easily picked out clunky prose, clumsy pacing, and dependency on certain phrases, cadences, and words. It also helped me quickly note areas where I needed particular detail (more of some of the five senses here or a personality trait there), to make a scene or person come alive.

Try it and see if it works for you, too.