Edit This!

Dead Robots' Society by The Dead Robots' Society

Aug 19, 202601:01:18Arts

Before you send it to the editor, before you let another person set eyes on the manuscript, you need to edit. There are plot holes to look out for, character voice inconsistencies, and all those pesky punctuation marks....

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