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Writing and Editing Checklists: Everything You Need to Take Your Book from First Draft to Publication

by K. M. Allan

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A checklist-driven companion for revising fiction manuscripts

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A checklist-driven companion for revising fiction manuscripts

K. M. Allan organizes the revision process into more than 50 practical checklists, giving fiction writers concrete areas to examine after a first draft. The book ranges from sentence-level concerns—such as cutting words and proofreading—to larger structural and storytelling questions involving character, point of view, foreshadowing, world-building, outlining, exposition, and endings. Its framework is built for writers who want to identify gaps in a manuscript systematically, moving between craft elements instead of treating editing as a single final pass. Alongside revision prompts, it includes rewriting techniques and guidance on preparing a book for publication.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fiction writers revising a completed novel draft
  • Writers who prefer structured, checklist-based craft guidance
  • Self-editing writers working on story, character, and prose-level concerns

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Fiction revisionSelf-editingWriting craftManuscript preparationPublishing preparation

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Writing and Editing Checklists: Everything You Need to Take Your Book from First Draft to Publication

 

After years of dreaming and hard work, you've finally finished the first draft of a novel! With traditional and self-publishing as competitive as ever, you need to take that rough diamond and polish it to perfection, but where do you start?

 

Enter a writing craft book full of tried and true advice and checklists that you can use to strengthen your words.

 

From better sentences to stronger characters and more powerful endings, these checklists are a masterclass in revision that can help pinpoint what your book is missing and make every sentence shine.

 

Packed with over 50 checklists that cover everything from show, don't tell, foreshadowing, world-building, POV, info-dumping, and outlining, plus tips that will teach you which words to cut, how to proofread, rewriting tricks and other editing essentials, you'll have all you need to take your book from the first draft to publication!

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