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The document summarizes common criticisms found in reviews on Amazon about areas of a manuscript that need improvement. These include issues at the big picture level like plot and pacing problems, character development, and excessive background information. Other issues mentioned are at the paragraph level like inconsistent character behaviors and unrealistic terminology. Additional problems brought up are at the sentence level like choppy prose, tense and point of view shifts, and mechanical writing errors. The reviews suggest addressing these types of issues through techniques like outlining, character charts, editing for fluidity and consistency.

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Quotes from current reviews on Amazon.com Beta readers, reviewers, and editors say ... In other words ... Kind of (self)- editing your manuscript needs To get help, key these terms into Google It looks like the author started with one idea, put down the work for a while, and when he came back forgot where he was and what he had set up for the reader. There were so many minor characters that I couldn't remember them, one from another. Pace of story line picked up as the book progressed however background information was repetitive. The plot doesnt hold together its confusing. The plot has holes and inconsistencies things dont add up. The story strays off on a tangent thats hard to follow its frustrating. The reader is led to expect one thing then gets something entirely different tricked or cheated! Too much background information = Infodump and this is connected to pace. Big picture, or developmental Outlining Plotting Story beats Story arc Timeline charts Infodump The characters suddenly acted in ways that didn't jibe with the previous actions and descriptions. It appears the author grabbed a bunch of real-world jargon without knowing what it means and inserted it into his story. Characters arent believable because their behaviour is inconsistent. They seem two-dimensional. Too many terms and jargon are inauthentic and dont really belong. Paragraph level or stylistic Dialogue Characterization Character charts POV There were far too many sentence fragments, and as an obsessed reader, it truly puts me out of rhythm to have to read something poorly written mechanically. The tense and person are inconsistent. Very distracting and leads to awkward prose which detracts from the story being developed. The prose is choppy needs smoothing! The reading process is bumpy and unpleasant. Frustrating! Inconsistent tense and point of view are distracting and make it hard to follow the story. Sentence level or copyedit Grammar Punctuation Style Tense *Typos, etc. Wrong word Missing punctuation Misspelled words are distracting Confused homonyms Periods and quotation marks are missing Word level, or proofread Proofreading Formatting Layout

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  • 1. Quotes from current reviews on Amazon.com Beta readers, reviewers, and editors say ... In other words ... Kind of (self)- editing your manuscript needs To get help, key these terms into Google It looks like the author started with one idea, put down the work for a while, and when he came back forgot where he was and what he had set up for the reader. There were so many minor characters that I couldn't remember them, one from another. Pace of story line picked up as the book progressed however background information was repetitive. The plot doesnt hold together its confusing. The plot has holes and inconsistencies things dont add up. The story strays off on a tangent thats hard to follow its frustrating. The reader is led to expect one thing then gets something entirely different tricked or cheated! Too much background information = Infodump and this is connected to pace. Big picture, or developmental Outlining Plotting Story beats Story arc Timeline charts Infodump The characters suddenly acted in ways that didn't jibe with the previous actions and descriptions. It appears the author grabbed a bunch of real-world jargon without knowing what it means and inserted it into his story. Characters arent believable because their behaviour is inconsistent. They seem two-dimensional. Too many terms and jargon are inauthentic and dont really belong. Paragraph level or stylistic Dialogue Characterization Character charts POV There were far too many sentence fragments, and as an obsessed reader, it truly puts me out of rhythm to have to read something poorly written mechanically. The tense and person are inconsistent. Very distracting and leads to awkward prose which detracts from the story being developed. The prose is choppy needs smoothing! The reading process is bumpy and unpleasant. Frustrating! Inconsistent tense and point of view are distracting and make it hard to follow the story. Sentence level or copyedit Grammar Punctuation Style Tense *Typos, etc. Wrong word Missing punctuation Misspelled words are distracting Confused homonyms Periods and quotation marks are missing Word level, or proofread Proofreading Formatting Layout