![]() ![]() It is highly important to get an edited manuscript proofread before the final publishing to avoid the mishap of 2000 copies in print of ‘City Sage’ instead of ‘City Saga’. That does not downright rule out its importance. How your story unfolds, how you start and end your manuscript, are you able to hold their attention midway, all lies in the domain of your developmental editor. Whereas, developmental editing work on your plot, its characters and their personalities to check for major inconsistencies. And more importantly, the final manuscript will more likely look similar to what it was prior to getting proofread. It does not leave any room for improvement or up-gradation of your Art. Proofreading corrects minute errors, typos, spelling errors, textual inconsistencies and punctuation. It does not contribute towards the final product whereas the latter not only improves the content significantly but makes the manuscript the best readable version of itself. Proofreading is entirely different from editing, especially heavy editing (developmental or line-editing). ![]() Send us first few pages of your manuscript, along with the sample edit, you will be provided with a package designed specifically for you direct from the editor’s desk. Go with line editing if you are 100% satisfied with your plot and only want editing to contribute to make it the best version of itself.īut if you are highly open and flexible to changes, and could do some hard-work with your editor to shatter all boundaries and barriers to think out of the box to give your ideas some wings, go with developmental editing.Īnd even then if you are confused to decide the type of book editing, you need not worry. And if critics and suggestions make you uncomfortable, go with copyediting. The thing is, the editor is going to be your best critic. And finalize it, before you send it to your editor.įirst of all, you need to ask yourself- “How much flexible and open to changes I am in my manuscript?” If not much, it does not matter even if you take the most premium editing service, and are assigned to work with an editor holding expertise in your genre, you won’t be satisfied. ![]() Here, you are your best judge to revise your manuscript as per how you want it. In other editing processes, editors refrain to comment, suggest or give major plot changes suggestions. In developmental editing, you take advantage of the editor’s skills, and experience to get the manuscript revised. Now comes who should carry out your Revision. In proofreading, spelling, typos, capitalization, textual inconsistencies and other minor errors are rectified before the final publishing phase. And the change of sentence structure, usage of correct punctuation, grammar, better word usage in the subsequent editing phases. Whether they resonate with your thoughts, what you are trying to convey, how it is being perceived in the developmental editing phase. ![]() Whereas, editing is scrutinizing how those ideas are expressed. It may also include how the picture unfolds, scene by scene and elimination or addition of certain ideas or replacing with better words. Revision is basically reassessing your ideas, your plot, the characters and their personalities. Many times, we confuse revision with editing. Can you afford to ignore the most valuable direction to your efforts? “Without direction, you are heading nowhere, fast!”Īn editor gives direction to your story, your words. They help your readers exactly envision the world palpably that you forged and arose the right waves of emotions to move your target audience, leaving a long-lasting impact. Our competent editors are programmed and trained to catch these oddities. Whether your words are hitting the right chord or your sentences flow like a song, are your paragraphs’ intertwined? Are the chapters of your non-fiction succor unfolds in a way that guarantees optimal retraction? Or does the story of your fiction reverberates with your readers indelibly? Have you ever read a book that left you disappointed as if a waste of time? And have you ever read a book that has left you moved, spellbound? A book that stays with you for long, and sometimes…forever! Voila! That was the book well edited, or to say heavily edited, technically called developmentally edited. ![]()
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