Once you’ve finished writing your book, you know you need editing, but what kind? Here’s a list of the most frequently requested types of editing, and what each include:
- Developmental editing: I’ll look at your entire manuscript from start to finish. It takes in things like:
- Structure and style
- Characterization
- Setting
- Plot holes
- Phrasing and sentence structure
- Line Editing: In this stage, I’ll look at things like:
- Word choice
- Sentence structure
- Phrasing
- Appropriate language for the time period of the setting
- Inconsistencies like eye or hair color, addresses, etc.
- Copy editing: This can be described as fine tuning the text. It looks at things like:
- Glaring typographical errors
- Grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- Proofreading: This is a final check of the manuscript for things like:
- Formatting errors like repeated or dropped lines of type
- Widow and orphan lines
- Hyphen stacking
- Formatting on the page
- Anything else that can hamper with the reader’s enjoyment of your story
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