Thomas, did you miss the part where I said, «There are some genuine freelance
professional editors out there»?
There are
professional editors out there who will also provide proofreading services later on down the road, when you're ready to publish yet need that final check over to ensure that all the spelling and grammar, formatting and sentence structures are all on point.
... There are some genuine freelance
professional editors out there.
Not exact matches
We're not all
professional writers and
editors, so a couple of grammar errors and spelling mistakes is nothing to freak
out over.
The
professional editor doesn't say, «How do I get
out of paying for X?»
However, if you find you can't afford a
professional editor, there's always programs like Grammarly
out there, which has an awesome free version that I use before I send my work
out to my beta readers.
Also, it's good to note that while betas will probably help correct a type here or there, we're not
professional editors (we're usually just people who love reading and would like to help
out authors)
Having seen how many typos and such slip through my work, even with beta readers and a
professional editor, I cringe at the idea of putting work
out there that hasn't been through that process, but if you absolutely have no money to spend on this, then, no, you don't have to pay anyone.
Professional developmental
editors will have suggestions for your draft but you'll want to have a list of questions you ask to see exactly what they got
out of the material.
Professional authors receive developmental editing from their house
editors, but indie authors must seek it
out for themselves, and it is especially critical in the beginning of one's career when one is still learning the craft.
Aside from promotion, hiring the right team of
editors, artists, marketing, whatever you need to put
out a
professional product, is very important.
I'm definitely going to check
out your books, it's pretty hard to resist with your prices:) I'm curious what the editing process looks like for you, I'm guessing you don't have a
professional editor, so what do you do?
This
professional editor makes sure your plot makes sense, characters are fleshed
out properly, and your conclusion does what it needs to do.
It was a lot riskier financially of course, because we had to shell
out thousands of dollars for printed copies of our books in addition to paying an
editor and
professional designer.
Only high - quality and relevant applications are picked
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You have never hired a
professional editor and just want to dip your toe into the waters and figure
out if it's best for you.
If you think you may need the services of a
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editor, check
out my book editing services page.
First, I figured
out almost immediately that this «
editor» was not a
professional — despite the claims on his website.
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So my question is, would someone like me, that thinks they have a great story but knows structure and / or grammar needs help, would it be useful to hire a new / cheaper
editor to get the main wrinkles
out then spend more time on it myself after that AND THEN hire a more
professional editor?
That's what being a
professional writer means: you are a CEO, a small businessperson, and you need to learn not only how to write a great book but how to reach
out to your customers whether they're agents,
editors, reviewers, or readers.
The nice thing is that many
professional editors and copy writers and beta readers are willing to work
out a payment plan.
It seems to largely be indies who think you must come
out in print first, that you must hire a
professional copy
editor from New York and a pro layout person in order to put
out a quality product.
But rather than segregating self published books, what I would rather see is an education of the public to differentiate between the terms vanity publishing (which I think most folks agree is generally bad and awful and will never lose its stigma), self - publishing (which often connotes work that has not been properly vetted by people who know how to judge a good product) and indie publishing, which is a term that those of us who use it are hoping will come to mean quality — work that has been vetted by independent
editors and formatted by people who give a damn about putting
out a
professional product that rivals anything put
out by New York.
That means we might think we're ready for
professional editors (either by paying freelancers or by sending
out queries for the traditional publishing submission process) before we've learned important craft techniques — much less completed even basic self - editing.
Julia Steeres, bestselling memoirist and a
professional editor of memoirs, suggests telling someone your story to figure
out your theme.
Jen: Sure, beta readers are essentially readers that when you have a completed draft of your novel that you feel you have reached a point where you can't really make any more changes knowledgeably but you don't think you are ready for an
editor yet, then beta readers are, sometimes they are
professionals, I do it professionally myself and I know there are other people who offer it as a service, or there are a lot of fellow writers
out there who will do it for you in exchange for a beta read of their novel.
And today self - publishers are seeking
out their own freelance
editors in the pursuit of a more
professional product.
This is a excellent opportunity to find
out what it's like to work with a
professional editor.
Professional Writing & Book Services Members looking for an
editor, a book designer or a book marketing expert can check
out the Guild's
Professional Services listings on our website.
For reasons I've stated before, I don't think traditional publishing is for me, so having access to a
professional editor that way is
out.
The better version of self - publishing involves the writer producing top - shelf work, and then using
professional designers and
editors (striking
out on their own after careers in the big publishing houses) to produce a book that rivals or exceeds the work from traditional publishing.
Be that as it may (and don't start me down the Snooki path), presumably the literary agents were gatekeepers of quality, who then passed their clients» wares to publishers, who further thinned the herd, resulting in a clumsy industry algorithm that spat
out books at the opposite end of the sausage machine — and the presumption was those books were competently written, would be of interest to someone, and were executed in a superior fashion;
professional cover designers drew up art,
professional editors checked grammar and punctuation and spelling, etc..
Thousands of forward - thinking publishing industry
professionals and participants (journalists, bloggers, authors, publishers, literary agents,
editors, formatters, cover designers, conference managers, book doctors, publishing consultants, retailers, librarians, educators, readers and more) who went
out of their way to open doors for Smashwords and our authors and publishers
There are so many variables that it's hard to say, and I don't price on a per - page basis, but it sounds to me like for most projects, it would come
out in the general ballpark of what most
professional editors are charging.
The book sat under the bed for about two years, then I took it
out and hired a
professional editor and we worked together on it for about a year or two before I put it back under the bed again.
If you want to get a more detailed idea of what's involved in copy editing, I recommend taking a look at the
professional editorial standards for copy editing set
out by the
Editor's Association of Canada.
Through your initial communication and research, find
out if the
editor behaves in a
professional manner.
There are plenty of freelance
editors out there whose opinions areÂ
professional and whose judgment I would respect as an agent.
Make sure that you do not miss
out the deadline and enlist a
professional dissertation
editors who achieve extraordinary results according to your schedule.
Its time we Indie authors spent the extra cash on
editors, graphic designers and formatters and get as
professional as the Big House books
out there.
With the above skills and experience, my mission as a
professional novel
editor is to bring
out the best in your creative writing.
If you are interested in having a
professional editor review your manuscript, we encourage you to check
out CNF's mentoring program and online courses.
In fact, the largest number of editorial horror stories I've heard have come from not from writers at big and medium - sized publishers, but from unpublished or self - published writers who hired less - than - qualified independent
editors (there are a lot of them
out there), or from small press authors whose inexperienced publishers employed
editors without the proper
professional skills.
Your book needs to score a 1 or a 2 from 4
out of the 5 beta readers, and the
professional editor must be one of the four.
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I also knew that I would be crazy if I didn't pay
out for a great looking cover, and hire an
editor who wasn't just a person who liked books or my Mum — but a
professional editor.
There have been self - published success stories where the author has been edited by their wives, husbands or best friends, but most pros will tell you that a
professional editor is the way forward, and it's best to shell
out around # 1,000 or more to get the best
editors around.
But with so many author websites
out there, how do you build a site that is informative and
professional - looking — but also unique and memorable (especially to agents or
editors)?
Still, the agent did motivate me to become more
professional: I hired a developmental
editor for my third book, The Last Firewall, which came
out in August 2013.