However, even if we decide to pay an editor, it's hard to find good developmental editors because one of the most common techniques for «testing» the quality of an editor — asking for a sample edit — doesn't work for the big picture issues. (jamigold.com)
Good developmental editors look for opportunities to increase a story's impact, to make scenes more powerful and dialogue more effective, to create multidimensional characters, to build in the kinds of tension that keep readers turning pages and the kinds of resolution that leave them satisfied. (editorialdepartment.com)
Good developmental editors subsume their own egos and enter the world of the writer's consciousness. (alanrinzler.com)