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    Compass Points - Edit is a Four-Letter Word: How to Create the Best First Impression
    Compass Points - Edit is a Four-Letter Word: How to Create the Best First Impression
    Compass Points - Edit is a Four-Letter Word: How to Create the Best First Impression
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    Compass Points - Edit is a Four-Letter Word: How to Create the Best First Impression

    By Glynis Scrivens

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    A one-stop refresher course in editing fiction, suitable for both new writers and more experienced ones. When to edit, how to edit, why to edit – and when not to edit. The different stages of editing. Checklists, examples, and advice from other writers, editors, competition judges and a literary agent.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Hunt Publishing
    Release dateSep 25, 2015
    ISBN9781782795216
    Compass Points - Edit is a Four-Letter Word: How to Create the Best First Impression
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    Glynis Scrivens

    Glynis Scrivens has had over 500 short stories published in magazines, newspapers and anthologies. She has been published in Australia, UK, Ireland, South Africa, US, India and Scandinavia. Her book Edit Is a Four-Letter Word includes what she has learnt in the process. She is a regular contributor to UK magazine Writers' Forum, and has published an eBook on the Flying Scotsman. Glynis lives in Brisbane with her family plus a rescue dog, a Himalayan Persian, two ducks, six chickens, two guinea pigs and an abundance of wildlife.

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