1/ Writing tip: Let the robot voice help you.
Most writing software programs have a text-to-speech (TTS) feature. Use that for one of your story edits. You'll catch awkward transitions, irregular pacing, odd word choices, and even some grammatical mistakes you've missed.
Most writing software programs have a text-to-speech (TTS) feature. Use that for one of your story edits. You'll catch awkward transitions, irregular pacing, odd word choices, and even some grammatical mistakes you've missed.
2/ In MS Word, it's called Read Allowed. Mac has it in system preferences. Go to accessibility to enable it. If your program doesn't have TTS, yWriter is a free download. You can read your document aloud, too, of course. I'd recommend recording it and then listening to that.
3/ You'll uncover contrived dialogue and improper pacing. However, if you're reading your own work, in my experience, you'll gloss right over some grammatical errors, especially if you've been looking at the same doc for weeks or months. Robot voice won't miss those errors.
4/ You might not want to do this on your first draft unless you want to aurally suffer from the slings and arrows of your work in its roughest form. This is all IMHO, of course.
5/ Just don't write a book, edit with the robot voice, fall in love with the robot voice, and then write a screenplay about your experience.
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