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On Time Typing, Editing and Proofreading:

• reads and reviews your poetry book manuscript, then
• writes a manuscript assessment report based on our Checklist.

Poetry Manuscript Assessment checklist

Our manuscript assessment report will cover, among other things, recommendations about:

• structure and order of poems
• relevance and quality of each poem to the whole (and/or poems to be deleted)
• title of each poem, and title of the book
• fonts/styles used for each poem/the book
• (if appropriate), corrections or additions to preliminary pages and/or cover (introduction, publication information, dedication, blurb etc.)

As part of the assessment we will recommend one or more of the following:

• further self-editing (as per our recommendations/instructions)
• a structural or copy edit by a professional editor who specialises in poetry
• proofreading
• graphic design and self-publishing; or submitting the manuscript to a publisher.

For more information about poetry manuscript assessment:  Contact us.

For more information about poetry in general

• The more poetry you read, the better you become at writing and self-editing your own poetry, and the more you support other poets. Australian poets are encouraged to subscribe to: Australian Poetry.
• ‘Like’ our poetry editing page: Poetry Editing and Self-Publishing Australia (PESPA).

This article has been proofread by Dee Sansom from On Time Typing, Editing and Proofreading.

Photo: Sally-Anne Watson Kane.