What Is Text Blindness?

As an editor, I almost always encourage my clients to review my work carefully, and to have others on their team look at the content as well. That’s not because I’m not confident — I’ve been in this gig for almost two decades. It’s because my own brain inevitably will start to work against me.…

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What Is Proofreading?

You’ve got your book draft done. Now you need editing. But did you know there are three different types of editing? And yes, you probably need them all. Editing usually starts with developmental work. Your editor will look for holes in logic or plot and try to make the manuscript idea stronger overall. The second…

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