: Re: Self Editing tips/tricks I write a daily piece and have been doing so for over 8 years. I think my writing has gotten better, but I still find mistakes at times, or more likely, my readers

Read it backwards. That's what many newspaper editors do. You overlook mistakes, because your brain knows what there should stand and put it together correctly. You have to fool your brain. If you read backwards, the words do not make sense and you read more accurately.

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: What's a normal word count for a children's novel or collection? How many words are normal for a children's novel? Say 5th - 8th grade, if that's the best way to measure it.

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: If you get an advance do you ever have to give it back? Do publishers give you an advance as some sort of earnest money for your manuscript? If your work doesn't sell very well do you

: Re: Self Editing tips/tricks I write a daily piece and have been doing so for over 8 years. I think my writing has gotten better, but I still find mistakes at times, or more likely, my readers

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: What's a normal word count for a children's novel or collection? How many words are normal for a children's novel? Say 5th - 8th grade, if that's the best way to measure it.

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