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When I reach the "read it out loud" portion of revising, I find myself equally looking forward to it and dreading it. With my manuscripts, I usually revise one round on the computer, and then print it out and attack it with the red pen. I read it once before I print it out, then two more times before I go through the second draft.
That sounds like a lot, doesn't it? Well, it is, but I take it a chapter at a time, and I don't do all the reading at once (tried that, it did NOT work for me). I have always found mistakes that I doubt I would have had I not read out loud. So, it's kind of a pain, but it's made my work better too.
How many times do you read your manuscript out loud before you're satisfied?
When I wrote a book for the first time, I edited it for two years! haha I printed out a copy and marked it up, used a notepad to mark down notes, changed entire sections. I didn't really read it aloud much, except for sentences I felt were awkward and I need to work out. I might try reading out loud more!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I really liked the picture you chose for this post. (: