Turnabout Storm parts 48-50 updated · 9:15pm Sep 5th, 2018
Nothing too major changed this time, just a lot of editing, smoothing, and the usual removal of 'violet unicorn' and 'human lawyer'. I've also learned a trick I'll share with you here:
Before you post a new chapter, sit down and listen to it using the site's new voice playback “Read” function you get the option for when you click on a chapter paragraph. The computer-generated voice isn't perfect, but you'll be able to hear all the skipped words, repeated words, misspellings and other typos your eyes gloss right over while you're trying to edit the work yourself. I've started doing it on earlier chapters and I'm frankly amazed at how much was missed in the earlier editing passes.
Using this method, I've found and corrected many dozens of typos and repeated or missing words in the first twelve chapters alone. Listening to the playback also gives you some idea of how good it sounds to a reader and I've been able to correct and reword stuff based on that.
We're heading into the home stretch of the trial now, and more major changes are in the works for the next two chapters, as I'm going to attempt to correct another problematic plot element where the golf club metal was heated up based on sitting in a fire for a few seconds. In reality, that's not enough to do much, but I’ve figured out how to correct it. it shouldn't be much longer until the next couple chapters are posted, taking us to the brink of Sonata's confession. If I'm feeling particularly ambitious, I'll also try to make more graphics since I've been on a roll with Photoshop lately, attempting to illustrate what Trixie and Phoenix were saying about the golf club's burn pattern and how it proved Rainbow innocent.
I should remember that trick about the voice... good tip.