- PROOF READING~
PROOFREADING IS FOR WRITERS WHO DON'T NEED HELP WITH
SENTENCE STRUCTURE OR THE CONTENT OF THE BOOK ITSELF, BUT NEED SOMEONE TO
SIMPLY GO OVER THE TEXT FOR BASIC GRAMMATICAL AND SPELLING ERRORS.
- LINE EDITING~
IF YOUR MANUSCRIPT HAS PLOT HOLES, LIMITED CHARACTERIZATION,
FACTUAL ERRORS OR SYNTACTICAL PROBLEMS, LINE EDITING IS PROBABLY MORE YOUR
STYLE.
IT COSTS MORE THAN PROOFREADING, BUT A MANUSCRIPT WITH
STRUCTURAL ERRORS WON'T GET PAST A LITERARY AGENT OR PUBLISHER.
- SUBSTANTIVE EDITING~
INVOLVES THE REARRANGING, DELETING, ADDING & REWORDING
OF ENTIRE PAGES AND CHAPTERS.
SOME EDITORS CALL SUBSTANTIVE EDITING A
"GHOSTWRITING/EDITING
BLEND".
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