In the second draft, I am trying to polish my original draft chapters. But in addition to making the obvious edits by going through my document, this time I tried another technique. Since I was alone in a room with a printout of my chapters, I read each one aloud and recorded it on my phone. I then played the recording and made the corrections on the printout. It felt strange to hear my own voice reading my words but the edits do make the chapters sound better, more conversational and relatable. I am planning to share a sample audio file in the next newsletter - stay tuned!
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