In any case, you can't have effective allegory in times when people are swept this way and that by momentary convictions, because everyone will read it differently. You can't indicate moral values when morality changes with what is being done, because there is no accepted basis of judgment. And you cannot show the operation of grace when grace is cut off from nature or when the very possibility of grace is denied, because no one will have the least idea of what you are about.
The more time you can put between you and your manuscript, the more fresh your eyes become and the more mistakes you__l catch. Let a chapter rest for a day, you__l see ways to improve it. Let your completed book rest a month or more and you__l see stuff that__ long or that you want to skip. Read it out loud to get rid of awkward phrases and listen to your critique partners if they are good.
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The more time you can put between you and your manuscript, the more fresh your eyes become and the more mistakes you__l catch. Let a chapter rest for a day, you__l see ways to improve it. Let your completed book rest a month or more and you__l see stuff that__ long or that you want to skip. Read it out loud to get rid of awkward phrases and listen to your critique partners if they are good.
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