I feel about them like I felt about Microsoft in the 90s. Why did I choose Amazon? If you are a frequent reader of my blog, you know I hate Amazon. In this blog post, I describe the whole process of self-editing my book in detail. I learned a lot, and it made me a better writer. That’s why I decided to self-edit the book myself.Įven though it took me a lot of time, and was definitely a challenging experience, it was worth it. However, when you are just starting, or if you are not a professional writer, spending 1500-5000€ to edit your book is not always reasonable. On the contrary, self-editing my own book showed me how demanding and time-consuming the edition phase can be. Professional editors charge a lot of money. Once you have written all sections of the book, it’s time to edit it. The fact that you can write the sections in any order you like will also help you write faster. That will make the process a lot more enjoyable. Don’t stop until you have dumped everything you wanted to cover in that section and are completely devoid of further ideas to develop it. Instead, try to switch off the rational and critical part of your brain, and just write. I’ve found out that when you stop to check what you are writing or correct a word or sentence, you lose the flow of your thoughts. Write as you would talk to a friend, in colloquial language. You will have time to edit the book later. Just write everything that comes to your mind. Don’t even check your grammar, syntax or style. Don’t censor yourself or try to write “beautifully”. When writing a section, focus completely on it and just let the words flow. You don’t even need to write them sequentially. It will work as a blueprint and allow you to work on one section at a time. When you finish this process, you will end up with a well-defined scheme of your book. I wrote a small comment under each section with a brief description or an enumeration of the topics to discuss. Then, for every chapter, I defined the structure using markdown headings like this: # Chapter 1 So I created a markdown file for every chapter, and called it “chapter 1”, “chapter 2”, etc. I really love the markdown syntax, because it allows me to focus on writing while defining the structure and format of the book easily. I wrote the book using iA Writer on my iPad Pro.
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