Editing 101: How Much, What Kind, and When?
From my Newsletter, Fall 2007. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A couple of clients have been asking me how you know what level of editing to do when. They were all non-fiction people, but I think these guidelines apply to both fiction and non-fiction. However, with fiction, you may not get to the putting it together part until you’ve already done a first draft. When you are putting together a book, you want to work from the top down, so that you don’t find yourself getting really detailed in a piece that may not…read more