14 Day E-book Writing Challenge - Day Nine
January 26, 2008 – 12:13 amAs of yesterday, you should have finished up your first draft of your new e-book. Yay! 
Because we were writing quickly, we’re going to need a nice, thorough edit (which also has to be done somewhat quickly - you’ll have two days).
Reminder: Visit the official challenge thread to access all of the pre-challenge reading on e-book publishing, and for a running list of daily challenge tasks. If you can’t participate during these 14 days, you’ll be able to use the information in that post at any time later to challenge yourself as well.
Let’s start “prettying” it up.
Task Summary:
- Start editing your e-book draft.
Today is another day where you don’t need much instruction… you just need to get to it. If you’re not able to edit your own work this soon after writing, consider hiring an editor (if you don’t mind the cost), or ask a trusted and reasonably un-biased third party to edit the e-book for you.
Check for basic spelling and grammatical errors. Make sure the e-book “flows.” Make sure points are clear. See if you’ve left anything vital out. Check to see if anything is too repetitive. Make sure your fonts are consistent. You get the idea. Try to get through half of the editing today. You’ll get to finish it up tomorrow, but you’ll also be doing a few other small things (like setting your price if you’re selling it and converting it to .pdf), so you may want to get through a bit more than half today.
Good luck and happy editing!
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One Response to “14 Day E-book Writing Challenge - Day Nine”
Hello, all! I hope everyone’s making great progress on their ebooks. I had a bit of a setback in my ebook schedule. My mother-in-law became ill and spent several days in the hospital. However, she’s home now and doing well, so I will be playing catch up with the rest of you. At the very least, I’ll continue reading along and working on my ebook - albeit a few days behind.
By Cindy on Jan 26, 2008