10. Have you conveyed to the reader everything they need to know? It's all easy, when you're immersed in your world, to forget that what you know about your characters doesn't always translate to the reader. Look at your manuscript with fresh eyes. Ask the awkward questions. #TenThingsAboutEditing

As an editor, though mostly of non-fiction books, I would like to sit some of my authors down and make them recite many of these. Especially (sigh) adverbs - and point 10 applies in NF too; logical leaps are (sigh squared) commonplace.

👏👏👏👏 Incredibly useful, as ever - thank you so much!

Excellent as always. Thank you.