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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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""I've been following K.M. Allan's writing advice blog obsessively ever since I first became a published author. I'm so excited to see it now available as a book - this is a true gift to writers everywhere! Honest, concise, and rich in craft topics and scenarios, I can't recommend this book enough!"" - Katya de Becerra, Aurealis and Shadows winning author of When Ghosts Call Us Home and They Watch From Below.

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K.M. Allan is an identical twin, but not the evil one. She started her career penning beauty articles for a hairstyling website and now powers herself with chocolate and green tea while she writes novels and blogs about writing.When she's not creating stories, she likes to read, binge-watch too much TV, spend time with family, and take more photos than she will ever humanly need.Visit her website, www.kmallan.com, to discover the mysteries of the universe. Or at the very least, some good writing tips.

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