Substantive Editing, Developmental Editing, Line Editing, Copy Editing, Rewriting, Ghostwriting, Evaluations E. M. Levy, a professional editor for over thirty years, has edited books for Doubleday, Random House, Princeton University Press, Macmillan, Paulist Press, Prentice-Hall, SUNY Press, Scholastic, Scholars Press, Praeger, Solution Tree Press, and many other publishers and private individuals. His projects have received …
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Sarah Jaymes
Substantive editor, line editor, copy editor, writer, educator, researcher Sarah’s Specialties: academic articles, books, dissertations and dissertation proposals, reports, papers, and theses in APA, MLA, or Chicago style; educational materials, including course texts, instruction manuals, and web tutorials; fiction and nonfiction books; and technical documentation for businesses and agencies. Current clients include the American Psychological …
Ghostwriting vs. Heavy Developmental Edit
Kelly Lynne Book Editor | Paranormal Romance At a recent panel discussion with the Central Oregon Writer’s Guild, I fielded a question I hadn’t heard before: What is the difference between ghostwriting and a heavy developmental edit? The knee-jerk answer is that one is writing for someone else, the other is fixing someone else’s writing, …
How Does A Developmental Editor Work With A Writer?
by Ana Howard For a writer seeking to find an agent and/or publisher, working with a developmental editor before submission is an invaluable advantage. Once a writer has gone through the process of writing and rewriting, then fine-tuning numerous times, it’s often difficult to see what else needs to be done to make his or …