: Re: How do I find logical errors in my novel? I have completed writing a novel and have revised it many times. I am very worried that I may have made some logical mistakes, like not revealing

@Yeniel532

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If you've already gone through it and revised it several times at this point, I'd recommend two things are the biggest helps probably for you.

Take Some Time Away from the Story

Right now you know everything that everyone does, your brain might even tell you that you wrote something you didn't because you expected to see it there. Not major stuff, but you might not notice that Lucy has black hair in one chapter and you say she has brown hair in another chapter. When you're re-reading and re-learning what you've written after taking some time away from the story, you're more apt to catch things like that.

Have Someone Else Read It

Much like the first, it's about getting eyes on the novel that don't know everything that is going to happen. When I say someone else, it can be and should probably be multiple people. They are going to notice mistakes, continuity errors, other things that you wouldn't have noticed. As a word of caution/advice, tell them up front that you aren't interesting in spelling fixes, grammatical errors that they find, because that's for someone else to do, an editor later on. Right now you are looking to figure out what goofs you've made, what might not make sense, etc. on a grander story level.

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