Do you have a proposal ready to send to a publisher or a manuscript ready to publish? Don\u2019t go it alone. Don\u2019t be so confident or in so much of a rush that you neglect a very important step in your presentation\u2014editing. I know it\u2019s hard to let someone else read what you\u2019ve written. You aren\u2019t crazy about having your work critiqued. You\u2019ve worked hard and don\u2019t want to have to make changes. But I\u2019m telling you\u2014you need that extra set of eyes or four or six.<\/p>\n
Selling authors hire editors. A good editor can make you look so much better than, perhaps, you are. She will notice mistakes and problems in your manuscript that you can\u2019t see\u2014until she points it out.<\/p>\n
I remember, years ago, being told to read my manuscripts backwards\u2014from the bottom to the top. That was in the old typewriter days, when you could get by with misspelling a word without a red line appearing below it. Looking at a manuscript from a different angle such as on the printed page or from the bottom up, helps us to see things differently and, perhaps, spot problem areas. So does reading it through from your reader\u2019s point of view. Well, consider an editor someone who is viewing your manuscript from an entirely different angle than you are. Believe me, even someone with an untrained eye will see something you have not noticed.<\/p>\n
Hire someone with a trained eye and editorial skills and you have given your work a much better chance of being published and of being enjoyed by the reader.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t neglect this step in the process of preparing your manuscript for publication.<\/p>\n
Now, where do you find a good editor? Through word of mouth. Join online and face-to-face writers groups and ask others who they hire to edit their work. Contact leaders within the publishing community for recommendations. Search online for an editor or online directories listing editors. Contact me at PLFry620@yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Do you have a proposal ready to send to a publisher or a manuscript ready to publish? Don\u2019t go it alone. Don\u2019t be so confident or in so much of a rush that you neglect a very important step in your presentation\u2014editing. I know it\u2019s hard to let someone else read what you\u2019ve written. You […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t