Red Editing Pen
Each month, we give you a few sentences which would all benefit from some careful use of your red editing pen. As writers, and regular readers of Writing Magazine, you should not find any of these too difficult. But if you would welcome a little help, you can always check out Richard Bell’s suggested solutions below:
Here are this month’s examples:
1 Michael took a backwards pace from the display of self-published books he had authored and had brought to the writers’ circle meeting – for which he had gladly paid the £5 entrance.
2 The consensus of opinion is that there is more new self-published books launched every year, and that even a few established trade publishers are introducing some limited self-published programs.