![]() Or they ask an experienced writer-mentor or a dedicated friend or partner. Other authors hire their own freelance editors (often the very same ones a publishing house would use) to help them work out the kinks before submission. ![]() Often, an author’s agent-if she has one-will do a substantial substantive edit before sending the book out. In these straitened economic times, some publishing houses don’t have time for substantive editing, or not a lot. These are the folks writers are most likely to intensely bond with, so grateful are they/we to have someone think (almost) as deeply about the story as they/we have thought ourselves. “This character doesn’t seem to have any backstory write some.” “Maybe you could make the fifth chapter the ending.” “How about using first person instead of third?” These are the people who roll around in the writing process with the author, who see the manuscript when it isn’t really done (whether the author thinks so or not), who ask for major changes, huge cuts, and/or complete rethinkings of the text. ![]() ![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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