What If You Spot Developmental Issues During a Copy-Edit?
Here’s a common predicament: Your client hasn’t been through any kind of developmental editing before hiring you to copy-edit their bo...
Read moreA comprehensive template to help you structure and write your manuscript critiques or developmental editing reports. This template includes a breakdown of topics to cover in your novel analysis, structured with relevant headings and prompts, as well as boilerp...
Read moreHere’s a common predicament: Your client hasn’t been through any kind of developmental editing before hiring you to copy-edit their bo...
Read moreAI is a hot topic with editors. The big question on everyone’s mind is: Are the robots going to take over our editing jobs? My take is...
Read moreWhen I first started out, I actually freelanced as a copywriter – that is, I wrote marketing copy, and the occasional piece of n...
Read moreBeing a freelance novel editor isn’t just about sprucing up sentences, fixing wonky grammar and annihilating typos. Nope! There’s a wh...
Read moreI got together with a small group of freelance developmental fiction editors, all of us at about the same point in our careers. We cos...
Read moreThere’s no one set way for an editor to conduct a developmental edit, and therefore how long one takes will vary widely from editor to...
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Read moreEssentially, no – you don’t need experience working in-house for a publisher to become a freelance editor. Different editorial roles F...
Read moreAn author planning to self-publish his book asked me if I recommend he use a book-publishing packager. After explaining why asking me ...
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Read moreIt’s true: there’s some crossover in what book coaches and developmental editors do. Authors can hire either a book coach or a d...
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