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Polishing Your Draft: The 5 Essential Layers of Editing

Welcome

Welcome to The 5 Essential Layers of Editing (6:45)
Course Instructions (4:15)
Word Count Basics (9:38)
Glossary of Terms

Layer 1: Story Structure Edits

Story Structure Intro (2:10)
Story Structure Elements (4:03)

Layer 1: Strong Beginnings

Strong Beginnings (13:19)
Strong Beginnings Percy Jackson Example (4:02)
Strong Beginnings—Avoid Infodumping (9:33)
Strong Beginning Checklist PDF

Layer 1: Story & Character Arcs

Story Arcs (11:51)
Story Arc Checklist PDF
Character Arc (13:06)
Character Arc Types (8:09)
Character Arc Checklist

Layer 1: Hook line and Sinker

Engaging Hooks (8:51)
Hook Checklist PDF

Layer 1: The Art of Creating Conflict

Creating Conflict (10:01)
Creating Conflict Checklist PDF

Layer 2: Character Edits

The Final Countdown—How Many Characters is Too Many? (9:42)
Character Bible—Why and how should you keep one? (24:11)
It's the Little Things that Count (27:20)
Character Edit Checklist
Character Interview Questions
Character Bible Template

Layer 3: Chapter Edits

Chapter Edits (11:35)
The Five Senses (10:58)
The Five Senses Checklist PDF
Space and Time (16:47)
Space and Time Checklist PDF

Layer 4: Paragraph Edits

Paragraph Edits (11:57)
Paragraph Edit Checklist PDF

Layer 5: Sentence Edits

The Power of Words (11:08)
What's Wrong with Playing Favorites? (5:07)
Passive versus Active Voice (10:18)
Pronouns (7:59)
Perfecting Your Punctuation (24:28)
Power Words and End Emphasis (9:23)
Sentence and Punctuation Edit Checklist PDF

Layer 5: Reading Aloud

Reading Aloud (8:10)
Reading Aloud Checklist

Wrapping Up

Wrapping Up (1:54)

Bonus: Alpha & Beta Readers—Why You Can't live Without Them

Alpha & Beta Readers (23:00)
Beta Reader Questions
Master Checklist - includes all checklists for all layers

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