Category: Revisions and Editing

Techniques and strategies for revising and editing manuscripts. Covers self-editing approaches, working with professional editors, and the revision process that transforms rough drafts into polished, publication-ready work.

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Writing Quality Control: From Draft to Publishable

Editing is one step. Quality control is the entire system around it, the methodical work that turns a rough draft into something worth publishing. A first draft is meant to be messy; the difference between an author and a drawer…

Ghostwriting

Why Your Manuscript Needs a Professional Editor

I hand clients a polished manuscript, every one revised many times before they see it. But building a book and inspecting it are different jobs, and I still tell every client to hire a separate editor. Here is what a…

Ghostwriting

Why You Should Never Skip Proofreading Your Book

There is exactly one honest reason to skip proofreading your book: none. A typo does not read as charming spontaneity, it reads as carelessness, and carelessness on page two makes readers doubt everything on page two hundred.

Category: Revisions and Editing

Writing Quality Control: From Draft to Publishable

Why Your Manuscript Needs a Professional Editor

Why You Should Never Skip Proofreading Your Book

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