There can be a lot of anxiety around having someone else read through your manuscript—especially when that someone is reading it to provide constructive criticism. This is completely normal. Here are 5 things book editors want you to know: 1) We’re not here to judge...
What do you do if your draft is “complete” but you feel that it’s not long enough? We often hear about drafts that are too wordy—pushing the boundaries of even the chunkiest fantasy word counts. But it’s possible to wrap up a draft and feel the opposite: that...
To create dynamic worlds, we need to represent more than just ourselves within it. But to do that means stretching outside of what we know and being mindful of our limitations in doing so. Thankfully, there are specialized readers out there who focus on helping...
Editors should be hired once your manuscript is complete and you believe you’ve revised it to the best of your abilities. But . . . when is that? After your second draft? Third? Fourth? The difficult truth is that knowing when to hire an editor depends on your own...
I see this question asked often across social media and forums. After all, editing is a large investment and the writing community is flooded with folks calling themselves an editor. So, what should you consider? Experience is a key aspect of finding the right person...
Once you’re ready to hire an editor (or two), you may start to see “sample edit” popping up. A sample edit is a short edit a freelancer may offer on a chapter or small excerpt of work by an author who is interested in hiring them and with whom they...
