When I started writing, I knew nothing about the different editing types or what I may need in the future. I researched and researched and still felt confused.

Do I need structural edit, or substantive edit, or a manuscript assessment? Or wait, maybe I need a manuscript appraisal? Or is that all a developmental edit?

What's the difference between a copy edit and a line edit? Do they come together?

What do you mean I need a proofreader? Isn't that what beta's do?

The reason it's confusing is that some edits have more than one name, and you don't need all of them.