Sentences with phrase «editing pass»

Every successful author I know recognizes they will need to make several editing passes through each novel before it's ready.

If so, the editor completes the second editing pass, returning it to you again for approving and incorporating the changes and making further revisions.

A single editing pass will usually take two to five weeks, depending on the complexity, the type of editing required, and the length of the manuscript.

So whether our stories pass through four separate editing passes with a specialist editor or not, we do want to make sure that we're looking for all of the relevant issues.

Then beta reading has to happen, as well as a proper edit pass.

I hope this at least comes with cover art and a copy editing pass.

In the real world, many stories — traditionally published or self - published — don't receive this many editing passes.

Together you and your editor will determine if a second editing pass or partial second pass to review your revisions would be a good idea.

I've encountered authors that have done around eight editing passes with different editors.

So instead of saying you just completed first editing pass on topical articles, make it sound something like this «reviewed 60 - 70 articles per week to evaluate the quality and make the decision to either pass them to the editors or send them back to authors for revisions».

Substantive editing is a slow, expensive service because it typically means multiple editing passes.

David Farland is famous for making up to 10 editing passes for his novels, each one focused on optimizing different aspects of the story.

Each type of editor and / or editing pass helps us strengthen a different aspect of our work: the -LSB-...]

You still get the benefit of several editing passes (story development, line edits and proofing) and a professional cover.

I agree with you: as an editor of mostly indie books, I'd be a bit more forgiving of errors because I know how hard it is to make a perfect book in a single editing pass (or even two).

Probably multiple edit passes.

So I'm already sick of the book by the first copy - editing pass.

When I finish that edit pass, I'll be swinging back to tightening up the now - complete novella currently called «A Power in the Blood», AND proceeding with the next novella owed to Kickstarter backers.

And there is a point where polishing is just making tiny word shifts back and forth, this editing pass revering the changes of the lst pass.

Today, AuthorHouse presents some of the most common grammar and word usage mistakes that self - publishing writers make — things to keep in the back of your mind the next time you do an editing pass on your manuscript.

If your writing sample attains the initial quality I require, you will qualify to purchase an editing pass from me.

Years ago, when editors at traditional publishers actually edited, and not just «acquired» stories, books would go through several editing passes:

Because yes — whether you're planning on querying to traditional publishers or going indie, your work will require an edit pass.

Use one of your editing passes to go through all the factual information you've given, and make sure it's still accurate.