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Honestly, I haven't had a lot of luck with writing software. Microsoft Word is what I mainly use, but their spell check feature is really hit or miss. The best writing software for correcting errors is the trained human eye, in my opinion. Then again, as you'll see below, I am somewhat biased. ;-)I'm an affordable comprehensive editor, and if anybody wants my help or has any editing-related questions then I would be happy to assist. I specialize in Christian indie books, but I edit other books as well. Writer's Digest has touted my editing and given it five stars.
Feel free to message me with any questions, or for more info. :-)
i use wattpad and i know that most people have it blocked on their school computers and thats why i bought my own computer and its just for writing and well goodreads lol and on wattpad there are many editing shops though some are not that great there are a few that are! :)
lol, i just use google docs and then make them pdfs when i'm done
✨ava✨ {Merry CHRISTmas} wrote: " lol, i just use google docs and then make them pdfs when i'm done"Just an FYI, Google Docs are fine, but many serious editors will not edit them. They usually need a Word Document. It is pretty easy to convert a Google Doc to a Word Doc though, I believe. If you ever go to somebody to have your books edited, you might want to consider that.
After the book is edited, then it is simple to convert a Word Doc to a PDF with a downloadable program called Adobe. Adobe will come up in your list of printers, and all you're doing is printing the Word Doc onto a PDF. It's super handy.
Thanks for that advice! I like google docs bc it's just easier 4 me, but if i ever get serious bout writing, i'll do just that!
Microsoft Word has a lot more features than Google Docs (you can literally take entire courses on using it!) so it can do more, but Docs is more simple to use.
I use both Google docs and Microsoft Word...I like Google for sharing with friends and my grammarly software runs through it.. but Word is what I use for my first drafts and pretty much everything else.But let me tell you Google and Word are both a great improvement over whatever doc stuff came on my Kindle Fire 7 that I wrote on for a year! I don't know how I survived...lol...
What types of spacings would be appropriate for a book? I just started mine and I use size 12 letters with the Times New Roman font, but I'm not sure what spacing to use. Should I put one space in between each word or two? Also, should my line spacing be regular or something like 1.5? Right now I'm using 5 spaces for my paragraph indents, too.
I'm not sure...I use 3 spaces for paragraph indents, 12 font size on Times New Roman because that's what my mom told me to use on essays ans such. And then I use 0 line spacing (because I like how it looks like a real book)I think it depends on how you plan to publish...traditional publishing likes it set a certain way. I'm self publishing so doing it like this makes less work for me later when I convert the file to my publishing software.
Not sure I was helpful...lol...but I tried...honestly I'm waiting for someone who knows to comment and pretty much destroy everything I do by saying it's wrong...lol...
I use Times New Roman, 12 font, and space 1.15, as I have been told by other writers to do.. I space paragraphs with one enter, and if I'm transitioning to a later time, person, place, ect., I enter two or three times. And, I ALWAYS tab the first sentence of a new paragraph! I work on Word Documents, and am very partial to them over Google docs and others I've used in the past. I'm currently searching for an agent to represent my novels, as I want to go the traditional publishing route, and Word is the best way to send stuff to them (if they ask for the document, not copy and pasted). Hope that helps! :)
A simple font is suggested, like Times New Roman, in size 12. Line spacing should be up to the author if you're indie publishing, but I would not suggest anything over 1.5, less being good. Essays and short stories for magazines should be either 1.5 or 2, depending on the specific magazine's guidelines. As for paragraph indentations, you can use five spaces, tab over, or .5 inch using Microsoft Word's ruler feature. Keeping it consistent throughout the work is the biggest issue. If you find something you like, you should stick to it every time.Hope this helps.
Does anyone here have any luck in finding a publisher?
I have had two of my flash fiction stories accepted for publication by Fielden, Christopher through his flash fiction challenges. One of the books, he self-published through Amazon. The second book was signed by Victoria Press, a U.K.-based publisher. As only one of the multitude of authors contributing to the book, I was not involved with this transaction, and can tell you no more than what I've already said. Which, I realize now, is astonishingly unhelpful, haha. Sorry!
Chelci wrote: "Does anyone here have any luck in finding a publisher?"I do believe you would need some connections if you're serious about getting a book published with a publisher (or at least it would be preferable). Like a literary agent or something like that. Otherwise, self-publishing is always an option.
For editing, I use Hemmingway Editor :)
if any of you have wattpad, i do know that they have a publishing service. obviously though you would have to be an extremely good writer because you would have to enter into the watty's and then win to even be considered for publishing. and also on wattpad there are communities that have people specifically for editing and reviewing. i know that for some of my books that's where i go to get them edited. you have them just edit one chapter or have someone help you through the entire process. it really just depends on the community and the person you are asking to edit your book. also most communities do reviewing which is kinda like editing. but what they do is look at your book ( the number of chapters they read varies ) but they give helpful hints on the plot, setting, characters, theme and stuff like that. this can become really handy for those of us that are new writers :)
