However, as a writer, I would
still hire an editor myself.
Not exact matches
But
still they prefer to take the help of a friend or a relative, rather then
hiring a professional
editor.
Even if you can do everything, you will
still want to
hire a copy / line
editor at the very least.
My manuscript had been edited several times, including twice by my agent, but I
still hired a freelance
editor.
When costs are listed, they often exceed the amount the author would have to pay to self - publish the work - meaning the author could
hire a professional cover designer, developmental
editor and copy
editor... and
still not pay as much these contracts require.
Still, every podcast I'd been listening to and book I'd been reading strongly encouraged
hiring an
editor.
If you decide to
hire a whole team of
editors to get you through the day, the buck
still stops with you, and it's your literary neck on the line.
Okay, in this case, you
still need an
editor, but you don't actually have to
hire one.
It may seem tempting to put your book out there immediately and start earning money, but before you do, you
still need to
hire an
editor.
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.
So writers wishing to skip the rejection carousel can seek out trusted beta readers,
hire a professional
editor, and then let the readers tell them what
still needs improvement.
Authors
still need developmental
editors, proofreaders, cover artists, and the like, but authors can easily
hire them freelance, rather than relying on publishers to provide them.
However, if you are going to work with traditional publishers or if you are going to
hire a professional
editor, Word is
still easier and often the preferred software because of its review function.
If
hiring an
editor is not in your budget, you can
still successfully edit the book — you'll just have to switch hats and be your own
editor!
Thanks... i need to ask that if I use any of these apps / programs would I
still need to
hire a professional
editor?
«The quality of writing is the issue, and no matter how you plan to get published, you
still need a good
editor... So far, 90 percent of the writers who have asked for a sample have
hired NY Book
Editors to edit the entire manuscript.»
As I find myself stressing over finding an artist for my next book, and
still don't have money to cover an
editor, I ask myself, why pay a bunch of different people whose quality I can not truly be sure of, when I can
hire a company with the backing of Penguin, and produce a better quality book.
«So you're saying that after I
hire this macro
editor, then I
still have to rewrite my novel all over again,» Minnie said.
All the best — and I
still think most of us who know how to
hire quality
editors, cover artists, and write compelling books will do better as indies than with New York.
He will
still write for ATL, he says, «But we are looking to
hire a new full - time
editor / writer, who will take over day - to - day responsibility for ATL from me, and whose vision will largely determine the direction of the site.»
If you are
still unsure where and how to include these skills, just
hire a resume
editor and you will have a professional cover letter.
Our writers and
editors still have to undergo a training on resume standards and
hiring procedures every three months.