The Ten Day Edit: A Writer's Guide to Editing a Novel in Ten Days

You’ve written a novel—now to perfect it. Fortunately, it isn’t as hard as you think!
Editing a novel can be an overwhelming experience. After all, for every change you make, a dozen new things pop up to demand your attention, until you’re drowning beneath stacks of sticky notes, red pens, and more. It’s no wonder so many writers burn out at this point in the writing process, unable to stay afloat as dozens of scrapped drafts pile up around them.
Enter The Ten Day Edit.
While editing may seem complicated at first, that doesn’t mean you can’t learn to master the self-editing process. The key is finding your focus, while also embracing the four unique phases your draft will go through—and this ten-day challenge is here to help!
In this simple ten-day challenge, you’ll:
- ✓ Develop an editing game plan custom-built for your story.
- ✓ Strengthen your final novel with advanced storytelling techniques.
- ✓ Learn to hone your skills through beta readers, critique partners, and editors.
- ✓ Perfect your prose, opening line, title, and more.
- ✓ And create a professional-quality novel ready to share with the world!
Each day of this editing challenge comes with easy-to-follow prompts and intuitive goals, helping you make sense of the editing process. By the end, The Ten Day Edit will have guided you from a first draft to a finished novel…
So, what are you waiting for?