I’m working through my solo final edit of Grace Awakening before the manuscript heads off to the publisher.  I’m excited about sending it off and what comes next– editing some more! At that point I’ll have the benefit of a professional editor, and I’m really looking forward to learning from that process.  I can’t believe that I am still fixing, tightening, and eliminating chunks on EVERY page even after editing it twenty or more times already.  So today I’m thinking the most important writing advice is

“Don’t fall in love with your words!”  

Why?  Because you will have to change them, improve them or remove them to improve the story.  Words are just a part of the whole, and the whole is improved with polished parts.