My debut novel, Hunting Vienna is coming out November 6th, 2024. PRE-ORDER here: books2read.com/huntingvienna or Read the first 2 chapters FOR FREE: iasminaedina.com/newsletter/ Self editing your books doesn't have to be hard! It can even be fun, and these tools help with that. Let me know what you use to self edit your books 😊 How To Edit Your Book For Free With ProWritingAid: th-cam.com/video/c9GffhNNBo8/w-d-xo.html How To Self Edit Your Book FOR FREE With Grammarly and Hemingway Editor: th-cam.com/video/Z6-aIwAB_vQ/w-d-xo.html
Thank you sharing this information Iasmina. Some of these tools do require a credit card to sign up though. Also, I get my editing done through a Houston based company called "Writers Of The West" they're pretty affordable and convenient so I'm not sure if I need these tools if there's a fee to pay every month.
Iasmina. You never fail me, girl! I am not on my way to becoming a writer but I am always looking to improve my grammar, spelling, and knowing my ways around in communicating better. You are THE Angel lirature. Thank you once again and Happy New Years!
Of course, these are not just useful for writers but as you said, for anyone looking to improve their written communication. I'm happy you found the video helpful and happy new year! 😊
Thank you so much for another professional but personally warm video providing information on tools for writers! It sure has helped me continue my writing journey! HNY! 😊
We just got to editing after 3rd rewrite so this is very useful information. I only have the free grammarly. An author friend of mine said she also puts it google docs editor and it catches more but then you have to put it back in word.
Thanks for this information, I really feel it can help me to improve on my writting. I do Christian literature but I have always sought to find some one to help me organise them better. Can you be of any help? I am Richard.
Yes this is so true. my biggest problem as well is comma over usage. trying to remove/fix premium yellow errors for free in gtammaly, is helping me learn how to right better with out them. Most can be fixed using more . : ; and also more dashes. Rewriting that long sentence with 3-4 commas into 2-3 sentences: is all it may take to fix a yellow error for no cost. With writing that sounds better and clearer afterwards. Thinking of a making a video to demonstrate How i use grammarly free and break down paywall.
What might be fun: Throw actual famous English Literature at these tools and see how they choke. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Hemingway, Twain, Fitzgerald, and others.
Lasmina, a year ago I opted for the paid version of ProWriting Aid. Do you experience software glitches too? I experienced serious and infuriating glitches. For example: You've written a 10 page chapter and want to review using the thesaurus. If you highlight one word, it won't work. The program tells you the document is too large. It loads the whole document instead of one word to use the thesaurus. Second problem, with PWA on, if I type in my document, I often get duplicate letters. When typing a word like absolute. I get absoluuuuuute. It's drives me crazy. The worst glitch I experienced was my entire document being erased letter by letter and no way to stop it. It literally erased an entire chapter. I don't know if anyone else has come across these issues and many more. Please shout out if you have.
I'm currently working on publishing some in the near future 😊 I have loads of videos up on my channel talking about them and what stages each of them are in, if you're curious to see more.
What software can I use to layout or edit the pages of the book? I have no grammar or spelling problems. I require easy-to-use software to edit the pages and send it to print. Thank you
Another awesome video. And got to say grammarly is really useful for free if you know how to work around the premium version. I use Grammarly to self edit chapters of my story. It works great to catch common grammar mistakes in red; you can fix for free. Which can be done in 10 or less mins. Once you fix those it gives you more mistakes in yellow for premium But without paying for it it still highlights those mistakes yellow. Still with out paying: You can go though each one easily on grammarly. Reading them over and rewriting steneces, and it really helps come up with new ideas to add. I don't know why it works but it does. My first chapter with 3500 word count; had 40 yellow mistakes and took 2 hours to fix rewording sentences to sound better, till the yellow error goes away. Also added 400 to the word count. And chapter story improved alot. Once you have no errors appear you export it back to your writing software choice. Added bonus all projects are saved online on grammarly app servers. So if you lose your hard drive copy get on grammarly and your last edited version will be there. Even Logged in from any device you go to grammarly.
Thank you hope it helps others. Persistence has always been a strong quality for me and I don't quit easy. Some may say im stubburn but I'm not a quiter at least.
My debut novel, Hunting Vienna is coming out November 6th, 2024. PRE-ORDER here: books2read.com/huntingvienna or Read the first 2 chapters FOR FREE: iasminaedina.com/newsletter/
Self editing your books doesn't have to be hard! It can even be fun, and these tools help with that. Let me know what you use to self edit your books 😊
How To Edit Your Book For Free With ProWritingAid: th-cam.com/video/c9GffhNNBo8/w-d-xo.html
How To Self Edit Your Book FOR FREE With Grammarly and Hemingway Editor: th-cam.com/video/Z6-aIwAB_vQ/w-d-xo.html
Thank you sharing this information Iasmina. Some of these tools do require a credit card to sign up though. Also, I get my editing done through a Houston based company called "Writers Of The West" they're pretty affordable and convenient so I'm not sure if I need these tools if there's a fee to pay every month.
Iasmina. You never fail me, girl! I am not on my way to becoming a writer but I am always looking to improve my grammar, spelling, and knowing my ways around in communicating better. You are THE Angel lirature. Thank you once again and Happy New Years!
Of course, these are not just useful for writers but as you said, for anyone looking to improve their written communication. I'm happy you found the video helpful and happy new year! 😊
Best 11 minutes of my life! Thank you 😊
Well done. Helpful information.
Great Stuff!. Your channel helps me as I am a struggling writer. thank you
Haha, don't worry, I struggle myself. But happy to help spread what I've learned the hard way 😅
thank you dear, p.s. great informations better than AI 🎉
Happy new year, Iasmina! Looking forward to getting more tips and tools like this in your channel! Cheers! 😍🤓🥰
Happy new year! 🎉 Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see covered!
Thank you so much for another professional but personally warm video providing information on tools for writers! It sure has helped me continue my writing journey! HNY! 😊
So glad it was useful! 😊
We just got to editing after 3rd rewrite so this is very useful information. I only have the free grammarly. An author friend of mine said she also puts it google docs editor and it catches more but then you have to put it back in word.
Thank you Iasmina!
Editing has always been my weak point. Good information.
thank you. splendid information
Thank you for this video!
Hope it was useful! 😊
@@IasminaEdina It was! Also nice to see your process 😊😊
Nice of you!
Im a fan of learning it create successful plan for people try honestly….!
best video ever thanks,
Thanks for this information, I really feel it can help me to improve on my writting. I do Christian literature but I have always sought to find some one to help me organise them better. Can you be of any help? I am Richard.
Grammarly has been a godsend for comma useage
I know right? 😅
Yes this is so true. my biggest problem as well is comma over usage.
trying to remove/fix premium yellow errors for free in gtammaly, is helping me learn how to right better with out them.
Most can be fixed using more . : ; and also more dashes. Rewriting that long sentence with 3-4 commas into 2-3 sentences: is all it may take to fix a yellow error for no cost. With writing that sounds better and clearer afterwards.
Thinking of a making a video to demonstrate
How i use grammarly free and break down paywall.
What might be fun: Throw actual famous English Literature at these tools and see how they choke. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Hemingway, Twain, Fitzgerald, and others.
Haha that's a fun idea. It would most likely break them.
@@IasminaEdina Shakespearer will destroy the matrix they are in,
Lasmina, a year ago I opted for the paid version of ProWriting Aid. Do you experience software glitches too? I experienced serious and infuriating glitches. For example: You've written a 10 page chapter and want to review using the thesaurus. If you highlight one word, it won't work. The program tells you the document is too large. It loads the whole document instead of one word to use the thesaurus. Second problem, with PWA on, if I type in my document, I often get duplicate letters. When typing a word like absolute. I get absoluuuuuute. It's drives me crazy. The worst glitch I experienced was my entire document being erased letter by letter and no way to stop it. It literally erased an entire chapter. I don't know if anyone else has come across these issues and many more. Please shout out if you have.
I have Grammarly does it edit in Spanish?
You look good in this video
I have Grammarly but does it edit in spanish?
super helpfull:)
Glad it was helpful! 😊
What are the books you have written? (I am asking this because you are so good)
I'm currently working on publishing some in the near future 😊 I have loads of videos up on my channel talking about them and what stages each of them are in, if you're curious to see more.
What software can I use to layout or edit the pages of the book? I have no grammar or spelling problems. I require easy-to-use software to edit the pages and send it to print. Thank you
Adobe in design
Vellum. The only limitation is that it’s for Mac only not windows. It uses the WYSIWYG format so I’d recommend 100%
Another awesome video. And got to say grammarly is really useful for free if you know how to work around the premium version.
I use Grammarly to self edit chapters of my story. It works great to catch common grammar mistakes in red; you can fix for free. Which can be done in 10 or less mins.
Once you fix those it gives you more mistakes in yellow for premium
But without paying for it it still highlights those mistakes yellow. Still with out paying: You can go though each one easily on grammarly. Reading them over and rewriting steneces, and it really helps come up with new ideas to add. I don't know why it works but it does.
My first chapter with 3500 word count; had 40 yellow mistakes and took 2 hours to fix rewording sentences to sound better, till the yellow error goes away. Also added 400 to the word count. And chapter story improved alot.
Once you have no errors appear you export it back to your writing software choice.
Added bonus all projects are saved online on grammarly app servers. So if you lose your hard drive copy get on grammarly and your last edited version will be there. Even Logged in from any device you go to grammarly.
Those are some good pointers on how to work with Grammarly for free! Glad you found a way around the paywall.
Thank you hope it helps others.
Persistence has always been a strong quality for me and I don't quit easy. Some may say im stubburn but I'm not a quiter at least.
The only problem I have found with all of the software is that they are not integrated with Word on a Mac.
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@purplebox182, is that you? @@
love watching this video , seems like i will have to propose to marry you also , thanks for the great content. God bless you