Jan 22 2009
Editing
Editing is a critical part of the self-publishing process. Even mega-best-selling authors don’t get their manuscript in print exactly as they’ve written it - they have to work with the publisher’s editor to streamline and polish their writing. If you think your work doesn’t need editing, you’re saying you can write better than JK Rowling or Ernest Hemingway - so think again!
Much of the editing process is aesthetic - reading the manuscript for elegance, flow, logic, continuity etc - but there are also several mechanical things you can do first, which will fix basic flaws. The following posts outline some of them:
