Line Editing Tip: Why Cutting Filter Words Isn’t Always Enough
In fiction, strong point of view (POV) is the reader’s lifeline to immersion. The deeper the POV, the more readers can live inside a c...
Read moreIn fiction, strong point of view (POV) is the reader’s lifeline to immersion. The deeper the POV, the more readers can live inside a character’s experience – see what they see, feel what they feel. One of the most common obstacles to this depth is the presence...
Read moreIn fiction, strong point of view (POV) is the reader’s lifeline to immersion. The deeper the POV, the more readers can live inside a c...
Read moreBreaking into developmental fiction editing is exciting – it means helping authors shape their stories, improve their writing craft, a...
Read moreHave you ever sat down to edit a manuscript and thought, ‘Who am I to do this? What if I’m not good enough?’ Me too. And s...
Read moreIf you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a book editor, you might have asked yourself the question: ‘Do I really need a degree for thi...
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...
Read moreAccording to psychologist Carl Jung, the ‘persona’ is the mask we wear in public. It can be worn both deliberately and unc...
Read moreEssentially, no – you don’t need experience working in-house for a publisher to become a freelance editor. Different editorial roles F...
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