"You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you, and we edit to let the fire show through the smoke."
Arthur Plotnik
Development editing
A development editor helps you to evolve your manuscript into the best version of itself.
I’ve been comparing it to renovating a flower bed and these are some of the questions I would ask myself.
What works well and is thriving?
What is struggling and needs to be moved?
What is struggling and needs space, light to flourish?
What’s growing too much and needs its own space.
What is a filler and can just be discarded?
What needs adding?
Read my blog about this here.
Having a development editor read and review the first or second draft of your manuscript can be crucial in honing your work. It happens at least a draft before copy-editing, but it can occur as you complete each chapter.
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