10-second review: What do writers need to know about publishing? "Nowadays, writers largely have to edit themselves. The better you can make your manuscript before submitting it to a publisher, the greater your chances of getting published."
Source: C Leddy. The Writer (September 2004), 41. The Writer is a magazine by writers for writers.
Comment: If you’re not an expert grammarian, ask someone who is pretty good at grammar to look over your manuscript. Specify what you want him or her to help you with. General instructions like “Look it over and tell me what you think” will lead to judgments that might even offend you and comments on spelling that are irrelevant to what you need. Tell them you are looking for help with grammar. The trick with having people read and comment on your writing is in the directions that you give. The more specific you can be, the better directed will be the comments. RayS.
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