How To Line Edit Your Book [EXAMPLES]

Here are the seven line editing basics you can use to sharpen your prose and improve reader experience, plus a live edit example of Sage's story to see these principles applied to a real story.

Sage: https://sagekay.substack.com
The Linchpin Writer (great book on writing style that I highly recommend): https://shorturl.at/VUyTm

CHAPTERS
0:27 What is line editing?
2:22 Redundancy
4:15 Flow
5:15 Word choice
6:21 Cliches & metaphors
8:00 Tone & voice
8:27 Dialogue
11:25 Passive voice vs active voice
12:50 Line edit summary
13:45 Line editing example "Skin and Bones"
28:35 Story discussion

📚 B O O K S
STARLIGHT: SHORT STORIES
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b&n: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/star...
indiebound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/97817...
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LITTLE BIRDS: SHORT STORIES
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audiobook: https://adbl.co/2Vo8sMo
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