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Although I have been doing empathetic editing since the 1990s, I only recently realised most of my professional editor colleagues and I practise what is called "empathetic editing". The below descr...

Once you have submitted your proofread manuscript to the printer, there is one proofreading task left: to check the "final press proof". This is an optional task but one I always recommend, for the...

This article is mainly for writers who are writing about issues outside their own direct experience - that is, writers who may need to hire a sensitivity editor. Some examples of a writer who i...

Once a manuscript (MS) has been written and self-edited by the writer to the stage where they feel they can't improve it any more themselves, the next step is either (a) beta reading, or (b) gettin...

Planning and writing the first draft of your novel manuscript is arguably both the most important task and the easiest task, among all the tasks you need to do to produce a novel that is ready for ...

Here are a few tips for writing, editing and designing easy-to-read online content for e-books, blogs, websites or other electronic publications. Frontloading Multiple entry points into the...

Editors who have done a lot of structural editing - also called "developmental editing" - in the genre of life story, memoir or autobiography will agree that  sometimes their client has needed the...

If you have written a manuscript and intend to publish it as a book, we recommend you hire a professional editor to review and edit it. By a "professional editor" we mean an editor who is qualif...

On Time Typing, Editing and Proofreading: We read and review your poetry book manuscript, then We write a manuscript assessment report. Poetry Manuscript Assessment checklist Our manusc...

1. What is the most helpful? (A) a beta read, or (B) a manuscript assessment (also called a manuscript appraisal), or developmental edit (also called structural edit or substantive edit)? A beta r...