to yourself!
One of the great joys of being a kid is having someone read you a story. (Audio books are a reasonable substitute for adults, right?)
One of the great tools in a writer's toolbelt is reading aloud - your own manuscript, that is!
I often find that when I read my own work out loud I find numerous mistakes in rythmn, word choice and/or pacing. You'll find missing words, misplaced words, and various other little stinkers that are often missed by only proof-reading.
It's a good exercise & one I heartily recommend!
Reading aloud...
  The League of Extraordinary Writers is a group of debut YA authors who write science fiction and dystopian works. The ten of us have works that run the gamut of near-future mind control to far-future space travel, but they do have one thing in common: a future where the Earth we know now is twisted, gone. |
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Sometimes I find myself rushing when I read aloud. I use a free text to voice called Natural Voice to slow me down. The voice is electronic and can't handle some pronunciations or homonyms, but that just makes me listen closer.
I copy a scene or a small section of my work into it, keep the Word doc open and then I make corrections as it speaks. Then I do it all over again.
By the way, I saw your German cover on Amazon UK the other week - very pretty :-)
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