I found an editor!

Did you know there are different types of editing services?

Developmental editing, line editing, copy editing and then proof reading - OH MY!

It certainly is enough to make my head spin, but considering the definition of what development editing is:

“The first stage of the editing process. As such, it will be the broadest edit of your manuscript. Depending on the book’s strengths and weaknesses, it will cover and identify all of the “big-picture” problems underlying your story, including:

• Pacing concerns

• Plot holes

• Thematic stumbles

• Overall structure

• Setting

• Characterization issues”

I believe I’ve just spent the last year or so completing this. So it is time to move onto line editing and copy editing. But there is a different between these two as well… A line editor works line-by-line, tightening up sentence structure so the language is sharp and clear. They look closely at how a writer’s word choice and syntax contributes to the tone or emotion of a piece of writing. While a copy editor ensures that the language in a manuscript follows the rules of standard English and adheres to the overall story’s point-of-view, tense and style.

To find someone to edit my manuscript, I started to pay attention to the editors of my favourite authors, checking out their various websites and reviews until I came across editing4indies.com and emailed Jenny to set up a sample edit of 1000 words.

And damn she is good.

So there it is folks, I’ve booked my manuscript in to be edited in December this year. Next thing I need to book in is cover design, eeek!

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xo A.R.Willow