![]() ![]() Some of her clients have sold 320,000+ copies of their books and been published by major publishing houses. She is a nonfiction book editor and doctor, proposal consultant, and an Author Coach and Trainer as well as a Book and Blog Coach. As a hybrid author, she also has published 17 books independently. She is the author of How to Blog a Book, The Author Training Manual, and Creative Visualization for Writers, all published by Writer’s Digest Books. Additionally, she helps her clients and readers achieve their potential, fulfill their purpose and make a positive and meaningful difference with their words. Nina Amir, the Inspiration to Creation Coach, inspires writers and bloggers to create published products and careers as authors. If you are the sole proprietor and writer, editor and proofreader for your writing business or blog, Grammarly provides an economical and efficient way to proofread and to reduce the number of errors in your posts. These days, my emails, query letters, proposals, manuscripts, and blog posts are cleaner and better-written thanks to Grammarly. Grammarly catches all my errors, suggests changes and forces me to improve my writing! As the program proofs my work, I rewrite and revise to correct grammatical issues-issues I had no idea my writing contained. Now I use this program before I publish any work anywhere, and I have fewer errors than ever before. I found an online program to proof my posts (or any document) and check them for grammar. Then, I discovered a way to computerize my proofreading needs. Plus, just as with the virtual assistant, the fees began to add up. This workflow made it difficult to meet my publication deadlines. This meant I sometimes didn’t get the edited posts or other pieces back in time. But I couldn’t get the work to her early enough. Next, I hired my proofreader, who is a grammarian. That worked pretty well, but she isn’t an editor or a grammarian. I sought out a way to reduce the number of errors in all forms of my work, including articles, queries, and blog posts.įirst, I tried having my virtual assistant read my blog posts prior to publishing them. With public errors fresh in my mind, I decided to seek a solution. If you are the only one who reads your work before it goes live or gets sent, you increase the chance of errors. Again, I know this it’s happened to me, and I’m a good proofreader and a seasoned editor. And if you aren’t a grammarian or a phenomenal editor, you will miss more than just the occasional typo or missing comma. No matter how many times you look at what you write, your eyes won’t catch all the errors. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to edit or revise a blog post to fix typos, grammar issues or other problems with the content after it has published. ![]() Even if I edit and proof a piece numerous times, I still might find errors later-some of which can be fatal to publication of that work. For years, I’ve been the solo blogger at my websites as well as the only one checking my work before it goes out. Editing and Proofing Your Writing Leaves Room For Error And the margin for error increases if you are writing and immediately publishing anything online. You write, edit, and proof your own work before you hit the “Publish” or “Send” button.Īllowing your eyes to be the only ones that see your work before it is published online or gets sent to agents or editors leaves a lot of room for error. If you are the only person who works on your articles, essays, query letters, book proposals and blog posts, you know what this means. Many writers and authors are solo entrepreneurs. ![]()
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