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The Ugly Truth About Your Spouse Editing Your Masterpiece
Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings. — Stephen King
If you ask your spouse to edit your book manuscript, this is what you are asking of your partner.
You are asking your spouse to kill your darling, the manuscript you’ve worked on for countless hours.
Are you sure you want to walk this road?
Upon learning my coach asked his wife to edit his manuscript I immediately asked:
And, you’re still married?
Then I asked my spouse to edit my manuscript.
The final product is better as a result, but unless you’re perfect complements of each other I don’t recommend this.
He developed personas of beta readers who were reading the book so it wasn’t as if he was the person delivering criticism.
Meet the personas
Noobie and Noobella McNooberton read every word I wrote. They made me and many beta readers laugh. Not just laugh, belly laugh. They are so entwined in Make Money on Medium: Build Your Audience and…
