Editing was my most successful goal this week. The first draft of my short story had a very long and rambling lead-in, which I’ve managed to shorten quite a bit.
Reading it aloud definitely helped. I’ve had a few people suggest I should do this, but I usually avoid it for fear of annoying other people in the house.
For now, I’m compromising by reading quietly.
I also spent some time reading, but wrote on only five days out of seven.
Good luck and happy writing!
Jenkins Rising 
2 responses to “ROW80 Week 7: Dilemma”
I generally read aloud now. It’s made a huge difference, especially in the later stages of editing. I often invite other family members to listen, which is a little scary – but very beneficial, since they have different ears and sensibilities than I have.
While reading your post, I had a new idea. With my current story, I’m going to read it aloud into my phone, then play it back – with headphones, and without. That might give me different perspectives on it.
Hooray for the progress you’ve made. =)
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Recording the story and playing it back sounds like a good idea.
I’ve used a voice recorder occasionally for poetry, but not usually for editing.