How to Write Your Own Book: Step 4 – Editing and Proof Checking

byDeepak Dalal

Most writers–especially first-time ones–are under the impression that when they finish writing their story their work is done. When I wrote the final word of my first manuscript (‘Lakshadweep Adventure’), I was ecstatic, thrilled that I was done. All my hard work was over, so I believed, and my book was ready to shoot off to publishing houses. But I soon discovered that this was as far from the truth as Mars is from Earth.

How to Write Your Own Book: Step 4 – Editing and Proof Checking

Although you feel elated on the completion of the first draft of your manuscript, and rightfully so because you have slaved so hard to get there, the dismal truth is that your book is far from complete. The work that still lies ahead, in terms of effort, is almost the same that you put in during the