Showing posts with label Tips for Editing for Writers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tips for Editing for Writers. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Editing Your Book, Part V—Copy Editing: the 5 foot view


by Sarah Sally Hamer @SarahSallyHamer


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, and for different reasons. Today, we work with Copy Editing (CE).