Editing Your Book, Part III—Substantive Editing: the 10,000 foot view

Each type of editing looks at something different.

by Sarah Sally Hamer @SarahSallyHamer

As I mentioned in the Part I of this blog, there are four basic types of editing:

Developmental Editing

Substantive Editing

Line Editing

Copy Editing

Each type of editing offers an opportunity to look at a manuscript from a different place. Today, we work with Substantive Editing (SE).

Editing Your Book Part II - Developmental Editing: the 50,000 Foot View

by Sarah Sally Hamer @SallyHamer

Tips for editing your book.

As I mentioned in the Part I of How to Edit Your Book, there are four basic types of editing:

• Developmental Editing
• Substantive Editing
• Line Editing
• Copy Editing

Each type of editing offers an opportunity to look at a manuscript from a different place. So, let’s start with Developmental Editing (DE).