How to Revise, Edit and Proofread Your Writing

Your writing will be more interesting if the subject is not the first thing in every sentence you write.  A variety of sentence types, long or short are more interesting to readers.  Beginning the story with a question drives scenes that follow.  Each scene has a different obstacle, intriguing creating suspense to the end and then answered.

Revising is the review of the rough draft content, organization, and tone, then adding, deleting, and organizing as necessary.  During revision the writing should be consistent, clear and concise, to who you are writing to and why.  Write with purpose to attain or accomplish and enough understood description; the tone can present settings, situations and separate characters in their efforts or actions.

Editing enhances for detailed content, organization and style in paragraphs and sentences.  The order of cause and effect convey logical patterns of thought.  Information consistently supports all points with sufficient evidence advancing toward the overall goal.

Organized paragraphs have a clear introduction and conclusion each written in a logical sequence.  Sentences in each paragraph relate to the one main thought.  A clear topic sentence should be in each paragraph.  Transition to the next paragraph is clear and advances the story.

Properly structured sentence editing defines any unclear terms with precise appropriate words and meaning.  Thoughts are complete in order and details, without being repetitive or having repetitive word choices.  Sentence strength is clear not rambling or wordy and advances the story, even in slower active voice information tension scenes.  

Style editing is the way appropriate tone was written.  Sentences are varied in length and structure.  For the meaning of text, style gives the reader impression from the information and the purpose for writing.  Tone is objective or subjective, logical or emotional, intimate or distant, serious or humorous; as in conversation.  Voice is a personnel presentation in writing or speaking different from other individuals.  Use an active voice to strengthen writing and make it clear who is doing what with action, energy and directness.  Use a variety of adjective words to describe or modify another person or thing.  Active verbs convey action, movement and speed up the scene adding excitement without unnecessary information.

Expectations of the audience you’re writing for determines what constitutes common knowledge. Citations are written in the correct format and appropriately cited from other sources.

To make a good impression paying attention to the details in proofreading is important; and is last and separate from editing. Proofreading is the time to correct mechanical errors such as punctuation, grammar, spacing, format and other errors.  Punctuation is important so do not overuse it when a coma or period will work instead.  

Ideas For Creative Writing – Suspense With Focus On Writing Dialogue

For suspense, tension grows as the dialogue continues; making the reader wait for the answer.  Description is setting the scene without telling and the dialogue exchange adds suspense before revealing the answer.  When creating conflict scenes between two or more characters, you might consider dialogue to delay and reveal the answer in another scene.

Below is an excerpt from the Thriller book: Secret Terror In Wavelengths

“Find somewhere no one would think to look for us,”

Nar said.

“And then,” Ilyon said. A suspicious glint came into his eyes.

“Do we get to know where we are going?” Ilyon said. “Why

do I have a suppressed feeling about this?”

For a long moment they just looked at each other.

“We might find a way to enter the Faster Quantum undetected,”

Nar said.

“Yes if humans find and duplicate the right wavelength,”

Ilyon said. “Our changed wavelengths could possibly travel and

never be noticed next to theirs.”

“Anyone that strays to close is attached,” Ilyon admitted

pursing his lips. “Wave links are also projected directly

into their minds. We have wave links monitoring individual’s

actions and speech. Their speech is monitored through seismic

wavelengths. The Wave Links know what desirable mental

prompting to project into humans changing the course of

thoughts to our direction.”

“Excellent,” Nar said. “You will tell us how our technology is

a success to increase our attacks.”

“Distractions are constantly sent into the minds of individuals.”

The book Secret Terror In Wavelengths – Wave Links has a technology society slant and can be purchased at: 

http://www.friesenpress.com/bookstore/title/119734000003255080/Janett-Lee-Wawrzyniak-SECRET-TERROR

What is Narrative Writing? – Definition With Component Example

Narrative writing, is writing that tells a story and usually categorized as fiction. Some nonfiction is based on real facts telling a story, to classify it as narrative writing.  Stories must have characters, plot, conflict, setting, tone, atmosphere and point of view.  A component example for an element in the setting follows about space.

A pulse or excited as hydrogen in a timed transition,

at the level of concentration becoming excited energy;

again the electromagnetic conducting system continually

maintains its moment by moment holding pattern. The light

speed travel holding pattern of gravitation, functioning with a

whole universe is not regulated to one seen component space,

stars, sun, moon, earth; as each area is sustaining the whole,

in connected wavelength gravitation traveling conversions.

The Quantum Theory timed transitions of emission or

absorption of energy quantum are connected; in gaseous

state elements radiate and absorb light frequencies. Each

element absorbs energy when the quantum or amount of

energy is reached, emitting or absorbing limited amounts. In

the photoelectric effect quantum are called photons, each

carrying the exact amount of energy the atom absorbed.

The Strong Nuclear Force or strong force holds together

subatomic particles of the nucleus, protons carrying a positive

charge and neutrons carrying no charge.

The exchange of particles called mesons creates the

strong nuclear force. With the meson exchange in place the

strong nuclear force holds participating nucleons together.

The electromagnetic force can cause repulsion from other

proton nucleus. Then to allow meson exchange causing the

strong force, two protons nuclei, must be high temperatures

for extremely fast movement or under intense pressure;

allowing close exchange of meson to cause the strong force.

Weak Nuclear Force or weak force, because its short range

field strength is less than electromagnetism.

The four fundamental interaction forces of nature are

Strong Nuclear Force, Electromagnetism, Weak Nuclear

Force and Gravitation. Gravitational strong fields are

described for Planks linearized gravity. Gravitational waves

transport energy as gravitational radiation, including neutron

stars and black holes as two examples.

Writing Scene Transition in Novels

Scene transitions use insight directing known causes; from the completion of one event to begin the next scene, for a level of fact.

To change a scene with a new tone or mood, the transition immediately establishes the new tone or mood.  Word descriptions are emphasized to express the imagery and set the tone.  Mood evolves with change through vivid descriptive words to add presence.  Mood is the tension and emotion atmosphere crafted advancing the story.  Characters can evolve with mood through transition.

Scene changes can be identified by the description of a new named place, or characters in action with effects their new surroundings provide.  An event can be described with levels and discoveries.  Time and date are also a transition for scene change. Characters responses with expected action, in chosen areas can indicate planned time for the scene to change.

A new viewpoint character is identified immediately with name, different thoughts, emotions and actions to change scenes in a chapter.  When transitioning with foreshadow at the end of a chapter, a new chapter is used for the scene change.  Some description is used at the beginning of the new chapter; it is the time honored place that the scene changes are expected.

Narration pace moves a story without becoming a scene.  With a longer description the pace is slow, as the author gives details changing the place or time in a setting.  Narrative pace can speed up or slow down rhythm with punctuation and word choice.  A narration pace in the story is not what is taking place; during a scene the characters in action or opposition move the story forward, then narrative pace is sped up with shorter words.

Transitions smoothly connect and advance the story direction with purpose, complications and result.  Transitions are usually short and can be used in story elements and narration.  Decide how the scene transition provides: description, tension, pace, dialogue, mood or tone.  Transitions through to the story end connect the resolution or knowledge gained changing the main character.

Inspiration To Start Writing

Always write everything down you see and visualize on a subject immediately.  Micromanage subject areas with additional entries of words and phrases that may make your story more interesting. Take a notebook and study people, recollections of circumstances are inspiration for: setting, protagonist, antagonist in conflict with protagonist, narrative method, dialogue, conflict, mood/atmosphere, theme the central story idea.  Connect with your surroundings through: sight, sound, smell, taste, with a sense of feeling sun, snow or shadows to add realism having a purpose for story advancement.

Writing ideas that attract you may be uncomplicated.  A character idea may be the discovery of an everyday occurrence that develops profound effects outside the expected.  As a writer you are the captain of your ship and create the course of your story.

How a character thinks and talks in a descriptive presentation to other characters is your voice. The voice of a third person narrator is separate observing the story progress and not participating.  The writer expresses who the character is and why they act and interact.  Action is used to show how the event happened and its results.  Dialogue a clear natural movement of speech and how much further extraordinary the incident is; the more you are freed to come up with solutions and direction that make sense. Your story is about the incident and answers questions that develop from an incident.

Drive your protagonist into an unexpected transition with purpose through action, and notice the links fit into place.  Without over explanation from each characters perception, how did they get into their position and what course will achieve their resolution?  Each character type has dialogue to further their purpose.  A reader connects through dialogue in an experience enhanced with daily understood communication through speech.  In the course of dialogue for each character type there should be an understood connecting presentation.  Your story presentation is directed to the type of readers who may have an interest in your story.   

To write a novel planning and attention are needed.  Choose ideas important to you and that you’re interested in to share your writing.  Scenes are one technique to open your mind up to great novel writing ideas.  Think about novels you have read or films that gave you enjoyment and advanced your view of the world.  How did they direct you with new insight in a way that was profound?  List your favorites writing down what they have in common and their most interesting sections.  What your favorite stories have in common may be written in different genres. Literary fiction (in general is meaning,) is anything that does not fit into a genre fiction (more entertainment.)  Depending, literary and genre can be shared.  Not all publishers work with every genre.  Check books similar to your writing to understand classification.