Sentences with phrase «means line editing»

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These editors are editing out things like protruding ribs, hip bones, smearing out dark circles and filling out hair lines to disguise the fact that in general, very skinny does not mean healthy.

What do I mean by line editing?

Story editing, line editing, copy editing, proofreading — what does it all mean?

Copyediting is meant for finished manuscripts that have already been through line editing.

Line editing is meant for finished manuscripts that have been revised at the overall plot and characterization level but are in need of guidance on style, sentence structure, word choice, and other readability aspects.

That means all the stuff a publishing house would normally do for you — from small things like proofreading and line editing to bigger things like design, publicity, promotion, and getting your book on the shelves in brick - and - mortar stores — that's all gonna be on you.

Line editing means I do a line - by - line review of your manuscript and point out its weaknesses, like passive voice, weak words, «telling» instead of showing, repetitive sentences, awkward paragraph structLine editing means I do a line - by - line review of your manuscript and point out its weaknesses, like passive voice, weak words, «telling» instead of showing, repetitive sentences, awkward paragraph structline - by - line review of your manuscript and point out its weaknesses, like passive voice, weak words, «telling» instead of showing, repetitive sentences, awkward paragraph structline review of your manuscript and point out its weaknesses, like passive voice, weak words, «telling» instead of showing, repetitive sentences, awkward paragraph structure.

First, the terminology — line editing, copy editing, proofreading — seems to mean something slightly different to every author, editor, publisher, magazine, agent, and online journal, and this makes it tough for the author seeking an editor to know exactly what it is they're asking for.

Of course that doesn't mean a developmental editor won't point out issues with mechanics or a line editor won't make suggestions regarding characterization, but the focus of each type of editing is essentially different, and by the time a manuscript is ready for line editing it shouldn't have many big - picture issues left, which allows the line editor to focus on your lovely prose and how to make it even better.

Working with a developmental editor (DE) means improving and developing your manuscript on a big - picture, story - logic level to prepare it for the next editing processes such as line and copy editing, and proofreading.

Copyediting is often the lighter, grammar - only edit, and line editing is a more detailed look at each sentence's meaning.

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This means making changes in the prose at the chapter, scene / section, paragraph, and sentence level (also known as line editing).

And we don't just mean proofreading; they can help with outlining, story development, line editing, copy editing — and yes, proofreading.

I offer substantive, line and copy - editing services (see my Editing services page for exactly what I mean by that) and manuscript criediting services (see my Editing services page for exactly what I mean by that) and manuscript criEditing services page for exactly what I mean by that) and manuscript critiques.

Some professionals divide copyediting and line editing into two separate edits, copyediting being the lighter, grammar - only edit, and line editing being a more intense look at each sentence's meaning.

Editor to also perform copy edit (this means she will go through the text line by line looking for spelling / grammar errors).

This means developmental and structural editing, copy or line...

We can say that line editing is about how we write scenes and paragraphs, but what does that mean?

However, that legal writing centers may in part draw upon positivist theory does not mean that they should be the remedial writing centers that appeared in universities in the 1940s and 1950s.91 Nor should the law school writing center be offered as a proofreading, cite - checking, or line - editing service for students; though tutors can provide generalized feedback and answer questions on issues of small - scale organization such as sentence structure and word choice, legal writers must be responsible for the polishing of their own documents, for both professional and ethical reasons.