Saturday, November 22, 2008

2. How To Proofread

When proofreading your manuscript, see if you have tied up all loose ends, answered all questions and brought the whole thing to a logical conclusion. Has your character acheived what it set out to do in the beginning? If not, why not?

Make sure the whole contraption holds together, that it makes as much sense to your reader as it does to you. Have you explained your charater to its fullest, shown why exactly he or she needs to do whatever he or she is doing(or why not)?

Are thing happening in chronological order? Does one event lead into the next? Are the characters keeping true to form? Is narrow-minded, foul-mouthed Hank suddenly philophosizing about the essense of the Christ? Are all the clues brought to light in your whodunit?

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