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Naomi K
Jun 20, 2017
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I'm doing line-level edits to It's Probably Just A Phase. The book is currently at about 78,000 words, and I've found that it's generally possible to reduce a book by at least 10% simply by going through and tightening the language. I am also going to try to inject some beauty into the language.

In general, I'm not an amazing prose stylist. I have an oka…

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