How Often To Proof Read Book I'm Self-Publishing
I'm writing (to self-publish) a technical book aimed for computer-literate people with no technical background (but who want to get into the field).
In the beginning, I found myself re-writing certain sections.
Now the look and feel is looking more consistent, but as I go along writing the book I find more things that need improvement.
So far I wrote brief introduction, followed by three small chapters. Right now I am about to finish the first big (100 pages) chapter.
Should I stop and proof-read what I have before I proceed or Should I plough through entire book and then proof-read
Thanks!
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First, let's be clear on terms. Proofreading is going through a manuscript looking for mechanical errors: missing punctuation, misspelled words, grammatical errors, etc. If you are rewriting sections, that is editing, not proofreading.
Proofreading is generally the last step in the preparation of a manuscript. There is not a lot of point in proofreading early because you may be wasting effort on proofing material that is going to be edited out, and any editing that you do later could introduce new mechanical errors that you would then have to proofread for.
Of course, you should fix any mechanical errors you see while you are editing.
As to whether you should edit your work before you have a complete draft, styles and opinions differ on that, and you should be able to find several questions here that already deal with different aspects of that question.
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