Editing
Your dream book is done. Wondering what’s next? Editing, of course! Find out how GetSetGo! can help in transforming your written work, bringing the best out of it through expert editing.
Writing is the most crucial step in the book creation process but, it is not the only one. A natural and important extension of writing is editing. The relevance of editing in a book’s journey should never be underestimated.
Writing is lot of hard work. It takes months and sometimes years for a writer to meditate upon a theme, plan out their work, write, rewrite and rewrite, and eventually complete their dream manuscript. Without a doubt, this would be a gratifying and a dream-come-true moment! However, more often than not, it may happen that a body of written work, while appearing glorious to its writer, may not be equally appealing to another person in terms of language or implementation. There’s also the possibility that the writing may need strengthening grammatically and structurally.
Editing, therefore, is an extremely important aspect in the journey of a writer aspiring to get their work published because remember, it’s not just about publishing your work, it’s about publishing it in its best shape. In the hands of an experienced editor, your manuscript can transform and evolve into something far more superior than what it was in the beginning.
Editing could sound daunting especially after a vigorous spell of writing. Under such circumstances, what could be better than having an experienced editor help you out with firming up your written work, sharpening it, polishing it and giving it back to you in perfect shape to be shared with the world?
Substantive Editing
This involves working closely with the author on the entire manuscript and providing critical feedback on logic, plot, structure & organization of content, pace, characterization, coherence, writing-style consistency. The feedback will be in the form of a formal report (the manuscript critique) and comments within the manuscript and will assist the author in reworking their manuscript so that the writing is clear and coherent for the audience it is intended for. No editing or rewriting will be done by the editor. One round of review will be done once the author has worked on the manuscript based on the feedback.
Line Editing
The first round involves assessing the manuscript for language at the sentence and paragraph level and will include edits and comments related to sentence structure, paragraph structure, phrasing, tense, voice, word usage, clarity and grammar. The second round will assess if the author has addressed comments raised in the first round, appropriately, and copy-editing the revised parts for sentence structure, tense, word usage and grammar.
Proofreading
This involves checking the manuscript once for spelling, punctuation and basic grammatical syntax.
A writer can opt for any one of the above services or a combination of two of them or all the three. In case of combo options, the services will be offered at attractive discounted rates.
1. You can rest assured that your manuscript is in the safe and experienced hands of a literary-magazine editor who has read and edited a wide variety of submissions.
2. You get to collaborate with an editor who listens and understands the author’s point of view and consciously works towards a great author-editor relationship.
3. You will have an editing experience in which the process of reworking and revising your manuscript becomes an enjoyable learning opportunity rather than an intimidating procedure.
For more details about editing fee or any other queries related to editing services, write to getsetgocreative@gmail.com or contact here.