Once you finish your first draft, which is better for you: do you get a manuscript evaluation so you can revise the work yourself or do you have it professionally edited right away? Both options are valuable, and they depend on what you want to do with the manuscript to prepare it for publication. Read on to see which path is best for you!
It seems logical that when you complete a piece of writing, you’d want to share it with someone who is going to tell you nice things, namely that they like it (heck, you worked your fingers off- you deserve some kind words!) But what is even more satisfying is to share it with someone who will not gauge it in such terms as whether they like it or not; instead, they’ll be focused on seeing your writing in all its complexity and honoring it by providing constructive insights that are way more helpful to you in the long run. Read on to see why you don’t want your editor to like your writing.
Developmental Feedback is the comprehensive editorial letter and manuscript margin notes an editor makes on your manuscript. When you’re ready to get a complete and thorough read on your work, developmental feedback provides a road map to help you see your writing anew, so you can prepare it for distribution or publication.
When your brain is fatigued from seeing the same words over and over, it’s time to seek out help from an editor or peer reader. Getting deep constructive written feedback on your writing from an outsider helps you re-see your writing and boosts your writing to the next level– every time.
If you are one of those writers who can’t stop editing your novel while writing, try handwriting instead and see why many professional award-winning authors prefer it to typing!
Nowadays, most writers do everything on their phones and computers, but when it comes to your first developmental edit on your novel, editing by hand on paper is still the best method. By using the below 4-step process for editing your novel on paper with FREE checklist, you’re putting your book in the best possible position for success!
You’ve worked very hard on your nonfiction book manuscript and put in everything you felt would be valuable. Now it’s too long, so the next step is learning how to part ways with your material and edit your nonfiction book down to size so you end up with a clean lean nonfiction book your readers will appreciate.
For many writers, the bridge from a first draft to rewriting a short story or novel is long, shaky, and leads to an uncertain destination. Rather than despair, use these 3 techniques (and watch the video below!) to rewrite your first draft, and you will be able to successfully prepare it for publication!
This smile-shaped punctuation mark ensures our sentences are clear and the reader keeps breathing. In Comma Talk: the Backstory, you will find out what commas are used for and why we need them, so your sentences always come out on top.
Because of our familiarity with website writing, writers have now adopted the same formatting for everything we write. The issue is that our experience of texts shifts based on the formatting. Do we indent or not indent is indeed the question.
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