What to Fix First.

The Self-Edit Checklist is a 10-page guide that walks you through everything to clean up before your manuscript goes to an editor—so they can focus on what you can't see, and you stop paying for fixes you could've caught yourself.

What's Inside?

• Big Picture checks (plot structure, pacing, sagging middles, and whether your dark moment actually lands)
• Character consistency audit (does your shy FMC suddenly become bold in Chapter 12 for no reason? Flag it.)
• Romance-specific fixes (heat level consistency, trope delivery, emotional tension, the "almost kiss" count)
• Filter words to search and destroy (felt, realized, seemed, noticed—they're weakening your prose)
• Body part cliché tracker (if she bites her lip 47 times, your reader is going to notice)
• Dialogue mechanics (tags, beats, formatting—the stuff that looks amateur when it's wrong)
• Line-level cleanup (crutch words, weak verbs, purple prose check)
• Final continuity sweep (timeline, names, hair color that changes mid-book, the disappearing coffee cup)

This isn't generic writing advice. It's a working checklist built specifically for romance authors—so you can prep your manuscript, save money on editing, and walk into your editor's inbox with confidence.