Hands Which Cannot Write

Top Problems Editors See in Manuscripts

Top Problems Editors See in Manuscripts

— Wimpolwix WP

Napakahigpit ng labanan sa tuwing magpapasa ka ng manuscript sa isang publishing companies. Higit sa isang daan ang makakalaban mo sa titulong pagiging 'published author'.

Ang mga editors ay ang mga nagchecheck ng mga manuscript na isinasubmit at sila rin ang nagdedesisyon kung ano ang mga karapat-dapat na maipublish.

They are overworked, short-handed, and underpaid kaya maghahanap agad sila ng mga rason para ireject ang manuscript na isinumbit mo, kaya tuwing magpapasa ng manuscript ay make sure na to the highest level ang pinasa mo.

Here is the top problems editors see in submissions.

1. Unnatural voice or dialogue

Read aloud your novel, record it, and listen to it or have someone to listen to you. This will help you to notice some tiny unnaturalities (May word bang ganon?).

2. Too many adverbs

Consider how you convey your emotions through your writing, instead of through the use of adverbs (ie. He yelled angrily vs He yelled until his faced turned purple).

3. Revision casualties like...

— Loose ends, plot points, explanations that dont go anywhere.

— Sentences begginings or ends, random words forgotten during editing. Your sentences should begin and end with the strongest word possible.

— Floating punctuation.

— Faulty chronology (when scenes are switched around or when a character seems to be in a two places at the same time) and bad math (if John, who's 33 is three years old older than Mary, na sinasabi mong 29 years old).

— Characters introduced but never seen again, or characters who appear from nowhere. Theyre just there in the scene without introduction.

— Sudden name changes or incongruent descriptions.

— Unexplained movements through time and space (like yung character na nagbabasa habang habang nakadapa sa kama niya sa kwarto eh biglang napunta sa banyo).