Is Developmental Editing Really Worth It? | Advice From a 6-Figure Author Who Hired One

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Does your book really need developmental editing? Do you need to pay an editor if your publisher will just give you one for free? How much does an editor cost? Where do you find a good developmental editor? What does an editor even do? I cover all of these and more-and share why I think my editor / book coach played such a crucial role in how I ended up with 8 offers from literary agents and a 6-figure 2-book deal.
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@Desertphile Месяц назад

Thank you; it look several years for me to learn several types of editing. I also found an excellent editor via The Editorial Freelancers Association.

@martellc1008 5 месяцев назад

First here, I can't wait to watch the rest of the video and it was so inspiring to talk on the consultation call a few days ago. Thank you 🎉

@laurenkaywrites 5 месяцев назад

Yay! Thanks so much for watching and for our great chat!

@TiaLove28 3 месяца назад

For me, I need help in the brain storming process and making sure ideas make sense and get advice on what avenues I should be taking with the plot haha who's that person :)

@murrmusic7793 3 месяца назад

What is your advice if you have written a book; and you are considering getting an editor, but you like doing everything yourself and feel like how the editor might want the book to appeal to people will take away from how you want it to be read? For example, let's say the story is based "in the hood". The editor might have no idea how a conversation between my characters should sound, or events that would be realistic to my story.

@murrmusic7793 3 месяца назад

I'm open to editing on some level, but when I hear that developmental editing is working on character development and stuff like that. That is literally the fun part a out writing it yourself.

@TristanODea 3 месяца назад

@murrmusic7793 If you want your book to be read, you're going to have to get an editor to edit your book. There's no way around it. You'll just have to find an editor that understands your vision for the book.

@murrmusic7793 3 месяца назад

@@TristanODea I wouldn't say there isn't a way around it. Very limited way of thinking.

@TristanODea 3 месяца назад

@murrmusic7793 It's not limited, it's realistic. Editors aren't there to change your story, they're there to make it readable. If an editor is changing your story then you picked the wrong editor.

@murrmusic7793 3 месяца назад

@@TristanODea I get it may be very useful for getting your book a bigger audience, but to say that there is no way around it is a gloomy statement for creativity as if there is no one capable of making their own book completely by themselves that people will want to read

@patnampavithra9028 5 месяцев назад

Can I use chatgpt to edit my novel?

@SeraMarron 5 месяцев назад

That’s a big no no

@patnampavithra9028 5 месяцев назад

Thank u ☺️. I was thinking of doing that 😅

@mysticheathentarot 5 месяцев назад

You're better off using ProWriting aid or Grammarly. While it's technically still using AI, they are programmed to see, fix, and change your mistakes. With that said even both programs make errors so it's important for you to know some form of grammar, puncuation, etc. There are tons of books out there that help authors self edit their books. Edit your book as much as you can and use beta readers (they are free) after beta readers the cheapest from what i have heard for editors are line edits and profreaders.

@billy_bandit 4 месяца назад

You should definitely do as much as you can on your own, then consider AI or other assists like PWA to varying degrees as opposed to paying another author money to do the same for each book. If you have the money, on Lauren Kay’s site it’s $1,800.00 minimum for a junior developmental editor. Not sure what the ballpark $1k for a fantasy novel she refers to in this video, I went off her website 🤷. If you have a fantasy novel expect that number to be much more is all. And hey that’s great if you want to pay for that service but a junior editor isn’t an expert, it’s just another set of eyes. AI and PWA and countless other “pay once or not at all” tools can do the same thing and there’s no risk or downside. It comes down to your income level, really, and what you personally choose for your book. I’ve been blown away by the AI in PWA as it knows my genre age category and even extremely fine tuned things like motivation of characters all within 1 second. No human can do this and the technology is only going to improve.

@laurenkaywrites 4 месяца назад

Hi! Do not use ChatGPT to edit your novel :) It's not at a level yet where that would be helpful. What it can be helpful for, sometimes, is coming up with a word or phrase, but definitely not for editing an entire novel.