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    Editing Fiction Mistakes
    Editing Fiction Mistakes
    Editing Fiction Mistakes
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    Editing Fiction Mistakes

    By Linda Meckler

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    This book is different from any book on editing you have ever seen or read.
    This book is about the way a fiction writer writes from the correct formatting of the manuscript, through the paragraphing of a book.
    I will get into character dialogue. Dialogue for some writers is very hard. With a few tips, it doesn’t have to be that complicated.
    Why I Wrote This Book
    I am writing this book mainly because I teach a class from my book, Writers – How to Publish Free.
    When I started writing fifteen years ago I didn’t really understand anything about how to write a manuscript. I didn’t understand quotations mark, paragraphing or any of the things in which I have told you in this book. I had to learn most of this on my own.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLinda Meckler
    Release dateSep 28, 2016
    Editing Fiction Mistakes
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    Linda Meckler

    I am an author and public speaker. I have almost 20 electronic books and 4 self-published books. Ghost Kids Trilogy for ages 8 to adult. 2 real kids and 2 Ghost Kids Team up for adventures and mysteries ending with the hunt for Pirates Treasure. The next book is, Fight Your Medical Insurance Nightmares!! Let me show you how. For all consumers to get their bills paid. Sample appeal letters, explains how insurance works, coding, medical insurance terminology. But the best part of being a writer today is just because you have a published book you do not have to stop writing. Now you can writer and finish your books which have been in your computer for years and upload them on to this websites and others like it. It is a writers market now. I love it.

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      Editing Fiction Mistakes - Linda Meckler

      Editing Fiction Mistakes

      By Linda Meckler

      Copyright 2016 aka Fiction Writers Screw Ups

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      Contents

      Acknowledgment

      Purpose

      From The Author

      Book Formatting

      Book Categories

      Four Parts of Book

      Fiction Categories

      Fiction Book Structure

      Writing Fiction

      Character Dialogue

      Story Organization

      Manuscript Writing

      He Said. She Said. I Said.

      Narration

      Dialogue

      Quotation Marks

      Without Quotation Marks

      Comma

      Ghost Kids Trilogy

      Characterization

      Children’s Books

      Editing

      Biography

      Meckler’s Books 52

      Linda Meckler’s Books Can Be Purchased

      Acknowledgment

      Thank you LinDee Rochelle for editing my book Editing Fiction Mistakes.

      Purpose

      The purpose of this book was to bring to your attention the mistakes which are made over and over again. When you read this book you will begin to edit and change your book to avoid the mistakes which were covered in this book Editing Fiction Mistakes.

      From The Author

      This book is different from any book on editing you have ever seen or read.

      This book is about the way a fiction writer writes from the correct formatting of the manuscript, through the paragraphing of a book.

      I will get into character dialogue. Dialogue for some writers is very

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