Now that we have talked about the previous step, it is time to talk about the last one: the Final Review.
This step is both very simple and very tricky, as it consist on letting the chapter or the full story sit for a couple of days before reading it again to look for typos, grammar mistakes, plot holes and other details that were overlooked in previous steps.
Something to note here is that if the story does not feel right or it has too many mistakes or issues with how it reads, then it may be necessary to drop some of it, most of it, or all of it and start it all over again.
To illustrate this point, I'll share my experience with the story Preludes to tragedy: Cheetara which is a side story/prequel to Embracing Dark Desires. The point of this prequel was to show important information that would help develop some elements from the main story, but at the same time it had to be a completely optional read. When I was doing the Final Review, before sending it to my beta reader, I decided the story was both too long and that it didn't work the way I wanted it to; because of this, I was forced to cut several scenes to make it shorter, and to alter the rest so that it would fit with the main story the way it was intended to.
But once the corrections were made, the story was streamlined and made shorter, during the second Final Review, I was satisfied with it and decided it was adequately doing what I needed. Only then I sent it to my beta reader and when I got it back I was able to publish it.
So there you have it, that's the way I usually write my stories, I hope this helped you out at least a little.
This step is both very simple and very tricky, as it consist on letting the chapter or the full story sit for a couple of days before reading it again to look for typos, grammar mistakes, plot holes and other details that were overlooked in previous steps.
Something to note here is that if the story does not feel right or it has too many mistakes or issues with how it reads, then it may be necessary to drop some of it, most of it, or all of it and start it all over again.
To illustrate this point, I'll share my experience with the story Preludes to tragedy: Cheetara which is a side story/prequel to Embracing Dark Desires. The point of this prequel was to show important information that would help develop some elements from the main story, but at the same time it had to be a completely optional read. When I was doing the Final Review, before sending it to my beta reader, I decided the story was both too long and that it didn't work the way I wanted it to; because of this, I was forced to cut several scenes to make it shorter, and to alter the rest so that it would fit with the main story the way it was intended to.
But once the corrections were made, the story was streamlined and made shorter, during the second Final Review, I was satisfied with it and decided it was adequately doing what I needed. Only then I sent it to my beta reader and when I got it back I was able to publish it.
So there you have it, that's the way I usually write my stories, I hope this helped you out at least a little.
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