Notes on Being a Writer

Notes on Being a Writer

My voice edit, one pass at a time

The six passes I run on every chapter so it reads like the person whose name is on the cover.

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Nikki Edwards
Nov 01, 2026
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In the essay I shared the four habits I mark first. This is the whole voice edit I run on a chapter, in the order I run it, and I love this part of the work so much. Everything happens on screen, in a Google Doc or Word, with nothing f…

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