With the readers now

[DesinKalaScribe]

Just wanted to add an update to my last post, but I finally made it through the last of my main POVs and did a first-pass edit of the completed manuscript. I've sent it to some folks whose opinions I trust to get some real feedback. It feels strange to be "done," at least for now. I'm so tempted to keep tinkering and working on it around the edges, but I know that is foolish right now while I wait for the feedback. Looking forward to getting this to a point where all of you can read it too!

 

[pmmg]

Put it through a text to speech app and listen to it be read to you.

 

[Karlin]

Put it through a text to speech app and listen to it be read to you.

INteresting idea. I've never tried this

 

[Bob Parker]

Just wanted to add an update to my last post, but I finally made it through the last of my main POVs and did a first-pass edit of the completed manuscript. I've sent it to some folks whose opinions I trust to get some real feedback. It feels strange to be "done," at least for now. I'm so tempted to keep tinkering and working on it around the edges, but I know that is foolish right now while I wait for the feedback. Looking forward to getting this to a point where all of you can read it too!

i have been there, that temptation, the feeling that there is more you can add, or take away. Some of it is that feeling that you just do not want to leave the world you have created.
I read that most authors go through this, and i read that SIr Terry Pratchet's assistant often had to STEAL the book away to the publishers because Pterry still wanted to tweak.
Well done for letting go

 

[xena]

This is a huge milestone ,congratulations. The urge to tinker is so real, but letting it breathe while others read is smart.

 

[DesinKalaScribe]

Put it through a text to speech app and listen to it be read to you.

I've actually been reading it aloud to my wife and kids. Definitely picking up on a lot of my crutch words and phrases, weird syntax, and some other bits. It's been helpful to hear it for sure.

 

[Demesnedenoir]

Another good option is to read it aloud yourself while recording it. Then listen to it. You can catch a lot of crap both instances. I catch most stuff while reading aloud, because I'm far too—SQUIRREL!—for audio listening, although by reading at the same time I do better.

Put it through a text to speech app and listen to it be read to you.

 

[pmmg]

Id only caution, that if you read it aloud, you are still subject to your brain filling in missing words. A robot reading it wont do that. if an 'of' is missing somewhere, the robot wont miss it, and you will hear it.