Typos drive me bonkers! So for my debut I had it triple checked, had it read out loud, then read it backwards 😊 I haven't been told of any typos, so I'm hopeful that there weren't any 😀 I see a lot of traditionally published books with typos, but it seems self-published authors get criticised more over the errors, so I try really hard to have an error free publication ☺
@Mehrunissah933 жыл бұрын
All of yesterday, after paying for proofreaders who didn't do the most thorough job, I realized that I can use Microsoft's Read Aloud feature to catch every typo. It has been so helpful (and a money saver)!
@CSWells-uq4jx
3 жыл бұрын
Mehrunissah93 The read aloud feature can still make it hard to catch words that sound the same/similar, but are spelled different. So, watch out for those. Like Shutter / shudder . There/their/they’re. Two/too/to. Dappled/dabbled. So, just a heads up on those kind of things, because I missed quite a few like that by just listening to it.
@aimeepartain12484 жыл бұрын
Im so sorry! I didnt mean for this to such a big deal, I just thought you should know. Ctrl F sounds dangerous and I will beware.
@CSWells-uq4jx
4 жыл бұрын
Aimee Partain LOL ! No it wasn’t just you so you’re OK. My husband found two that were really bothering me before I even asked you for the ones that you found. I was planning on doing this regardless, just to fix the ones my hubby had found. The ones you found were simply helping me catch other ones I might’ve otherwise missed
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Typos drive me bonkers! So for my debut I had it triple checked, had it read out loud, then read it backwards 😊 I haven't been told of any typos, so I'm hopeful that there weren't any 😀 I see a lot of traditionally published books with typos, but it seems self-published authors get criticised more over the errors, so I try really hard to have an error free publication ☺
All of yesterday, after paying for proofreaders who didn't do the most thorough job, I realized that I can use Microsoft's Read Aloud feature to catch every typo. It has been so helpful (and a money saver)!
@CSWells-uq4jx
3 жыл бұрын
Mehrunissah93 The read aloud feature can still make it hard to catch words that sound the same/similar, but are spelled different. So, watch out for those. Like Shutter / shudder . There/their/they’re. Two/too/to. Dappled/dabbled. So, just a heads up on those kind of things, because I missed quite a few like that by just listening to it.
Im so sorry! I didnt mean for this to such a big deal, I just thought you should know. Ctrl F sounds dangerous and I will beware.
@CSWells-uq4jx
4 жыл бұрын
Aimee Partain LOL ! No it wasn’t just you so you’re OK. My husband found two that were really bothering me before I even asked you for the ones that you found. I was planning on doing this regardless, just to fix the ones my hubby had found. The ones you found were simply helping me catch other ones I might’ve otherwise missed
Do you use Grammarly.com in your text?