How to Choose the Right Freelance Editor 

Super helpful, although I'm not at the editing phase... You and Jenna Moreci are my two favs:) You smart. You loyal. I appreciate you.

I completed my manuscript and its in beta editing and I wanted to take a second to say you have been extremely helpful through this process. You do a terrific job and it must feel good to be helping so many people. I am ready to pull the trigger on a professional editing and ugghh the hard part selling my work.

I have spent more than 20 hours looking for a copy editor, and out of very 300 I've looked over maybe 5 are not scams. The on-line advertys for copy editors are almost 100% fraudulent, and the "copy editors" are not copy editors.

I'm an idiot. It took me three minutes to figure out she wasn't talking about video editors. Good video though. Hahahah. :)

Huskey!!!! So I'm at the editing stage. There are too many options which is good and bad lol

I love your dogs !!!!

I'm nowhere near the editing phase, I'm actually in a much more fun phase of storytelling, the worldbuilding and outlining phase(s), but it's still nice to get some sort of understanding of what I'm getting myself into. The prices of edits are a little overwhelming though, at least for me since I'm looking at a potential fantasy epic, but I'm just gonna take it one book at a time. I love watching your videos though, you always seem to offer great advice and useful insight, and I find myself grinning every time I see one of your uploads in my newsfeed.

Such an excellent, helpful video! Thank you so much!

I saw your Goodreads and OMG you're reading The School for Good and Evil!!

You should also do a vlog about finding cover artists and graphic designers.

Another fabulous video. I am not quite at the editing stage just yet. However, I hope to have the first draft of my manuscript completed by the end of the month. (That's if I can stop outlining future books in the series.) Teehee. Hope you have a great fun-filled and a productive weekend.

You are so great at giving advice. You should have waaaayyy more subscribers

This is my first YT comment in my entire life (17 years old). Just wanted to tell you that I find your videos to be super informative, entertaining, and motivating. Thanks for doing what you do! P.S. Look out for my name, I'm going to be a published author some day soon. :)

Vivien, thank you, for sharing your information on editors. I am an editor. You shared information about editors in such, great detail. :)

LADY, THERE'S A WOLF BEHIND YOU!!

How do you find them on social media? I got two editors from Reedsy. They each did a sample edit. Both did an equally amazing job. Although, one suggests that I get an editorial assessment before the development edit. Editor A (development edits) $1,300. Editor B: (editorial assessment and development edits) $3,200. (Heart broken)

RU-vid creators should understand that most people don't watch videos in a linear order when they come out, so referring to last week's video is meaningless for the majority. Put a link in the description. It's just going to be more effective and get to more people.

Oops I meant to say "Hey, Vivien!" You should do a video of whether or not a writer should have a prologue (I struggle with this lately:( How to decide if it's relevant or not, etc.

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It is very interesting, thank you Reis

you have wolf eyes!

Super helpful! I've been on a look out for a good freelancer so this information helps a bunch! Thank you! Speaking of through word of mouth, do you have any recommendations for good freelance editors? :D

I've watched all your video and they have honestly been so helpful for me! As a young writer I am struggling with writing characters falling in love or developing a relationship and I was wondering if you had any tips? Or maybe you could make a video about it? Thanks xo

I don't know if I should change this in my book, I was writing a Conversation between two characters, in the middle of the conversation I realized that I didn't mention the other characters name. So then I wrote "I forgot to ask.... What's your name?" Then he answers, she says hers, he said he knows, she asked how, he doesn't answer and continues the story that he was telling. Should I change this? Does it make sense?

You mentioned that editors can do sample edits -- do they charge for those, or do they do that for free? I assume they charge some sort of flat rate, but I wasn't sure? This video was super helpful to me, thank you for putting in the time and effort to put it together!

Hey Vividn

Do you professionally edit the manuscript before an agent, or would you work with the agent and editor at the same time?

Very helpful video, even though I'm nowhere near the editing process. Just wanted to let you know that I tried to access your website from the link under the video and it says the connection isn't secure. I think it's on my end, but just FYI in case.

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Yup

How do I go about looking for a cover artist if I'm self publishing? What if I don't know what I want for my cover title?

I am totally trying to find a new copy editor that COPY EDITS 😂😂 why is it so hard to find someone who knows what it is without calling it "special" names... Bah! Also I feel like an editor who likes my genre is super important because if they hate the genre 😒 how can they be enthusiastic about working on the book? Sigh 😬

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but do I have to spend a bunch of money on an editor or would a publisher have my story edited. Or would a publisher even look at my story if it wasn't edited.

HUSKY

I would not want an editor to hand future clients sample edits of my work. That seems like a breach of confidentiality? Aren't there ethical guidelines keeping an editor from doing that? It's intellectual property. Yikes.

You kinda look like Dakota Johnson and ty for this informative vid.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I have to watch her videos a few times because she's so distractingly pretty...

Those animals in the back 😑😶😐