Your Novel Is Too Long … Now What? 3 Steps to Fix a Bloated Manuscript
This one is for all the revisers and drafters who worry about overshooting their genre-recommended word counts. Before you panic, start hacking, or lose hope—read this! I’m breaking down my three-step approach to diagnosing and fixing a bloated manuscript.
Limited Time Summer Offer Summer 2024: Mini Developmental Edits for Fiction Writers
I'm opening up my schedule to do a handful of mini-developmental edits this summer. Only four slots are open, so it's first come-first served.
A developmental edit focuses on the story's structure and big-picture items: theme, genre conventions, stakes, plot logic, worldbuilding, narrative drive, character arcs, characterization, point of view, and voice, as well as more craft-focused issues that require attention–but it is not a copy or line edit.
The Complete Guide to Editing Your Novel: The Types of Edits Every Writer Should Know
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.