You may be looking for heavy
developmental feedback on content, plot, and structure; or you may want nothing more than basic corrections to spelling and grammar.
Once we've discussed the current state of your manuscript and the type
of developmental feedback (or collaboration) you're looking for, I can give you an estimate of cost.
Some line editors will overlap with the other stages as well, providing
developmental feedback as well as some copyediting suggestions.
Whether you've got a book idea that needs fleshing out, a first draft that
requires developmental feedback, a revised manuscript ready for polishing and grammatical assistance or want a final proofread from a fresh set of eyes, Midnight Publishing's experts are here to help!
I will be driving my own professional development through observing colleagues, reading around the subject and conducting my own action research, collecting feedback through student voice and asking colleagues to observe me, where I will
seek developmental feedback constantly.
All lawyers who work with the students are encouraged to provide ongoing,
developmental feedback over the course of the summer or articling term.
«If they're getting regular feedback —
developmental feedback as well as judgemental feedback --[that] they're getting better and «this is how to get even better», they'll start to feel better about themselves and that will cycle into greater confidence, greater self - esteem and so on, and you get an upward cycle.»
We'd prefer to describe it as «
developmental feedback», «constructive feedback», «corrective feedback», etc..
Are you giving students judgemental as well as
developmental feedback?
Effective whole school development, Hattie proports, is where teachers are genuinely supported to collaborate, devise explicit success cirtieria together and build trust across the piece so that teachers get maximum amounts of effective, supportive,
developmental feedback and there's a balance of both surface and deep learning for all students.
Personally, I have an editor, and she does
both developmental feedback and line editing.
If you're unsure whether or not your manuscript is ready for line - by - line edits, or whether or not a work is successful in its overall goal to communicate a particular set of ideas effectively, it's likely that the manuscript requires
some developmental feedback — including big - picture suggestions for improvement like the following:
Developmental feedback may contain some hands - on editing to illustrate principles of craft and mechanics, but in general it's not about the editor making changes.
What that means for any one manuscript or book proposal varies tremendously, since nonfiction encompasses everything from memoir to textbooks, but
all developmental feedback is again geared toward creating the most engaging reading experience for the intended audience, whether that audience is made up of a few people or millions.