Posted on March 7, 2023 at 1:06 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Editing may seem like a precise word, but it can take a number of forms when it comes to the publishing process.
The Alliance of Independent Authors sees it as the first step in the entire publishing process and discusses the ideal forms and goals of the editing process for books.
This may be a dreaded part of the process for you, but as with all necessary evils, there are mindset shifts that can make the experience better.
Author Julia Kelly freely admits that she's no stranger to a significant rewrite — and, in fact, she doesn't mind them.
She explains why she embraces extreme editing in a post for Writer's Digest.
Another way to make the process less painful is to learn how you yourself can improve the manuscript.
Editor (and frequent contributor to other blogs) Tiffany Yates Martin provided a punctuation primer for Writer Unboxed.
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