Hello!

Quick reminder: I'm running a (free!) workshop this Sunday at 7pm UK / 2pm EDT: Where Next?! What to Do With Your Finished First Draft. More info at the end of this email, or click this magic link to register.

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Here's this week's post for you:

​Developmental Editing, Copy Editing and Proofreading: What’s the Difference?​

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Developmental Editing, Copy Editing and Proofreading: What’s the Difference?

You’ve been working hard on your novel and you’ve got a good second (or even third) draft … but what should you do next?

This is the stage where a lot of novelists, particularly those considering self-publishing, think about getting an editor.

Once you start looking at what editors offer, you’ll see things like:

• Developmental editing
• Line editing
• Copy editing

… and even if they explain what they mean by those, it may not be clear what your story actually needs.

Let’s go through the different types of editing, so you know what each one generally means, before digging into how to figure out what’s right for your novel.

​Read more...​

Happy writing,

Ali

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Upcoming Free Workshop (Sunday 17th)

Not quite at the stage of thinking about editing options yet? I've got something for you too!

I'm running a free workshop this Sunday at 7pm UK / 2pm EDT / 11am PDT, on Where Next?! What to Do With Your Finished First Draft.

There's lots of writing advice out there on the planning and drafting stages ... but not so much about how to rewrite and edit your novel. That's what we'll be covering in the workshop, going through:

• How to plan for Draft Two (the critical step that a lot of writers miss out)
• Different ways to keep track of the material you’ve already got
• Why you need to separate the big picture from the details when you edit
• What types of help and support are most useful at different stages of the process
• Whether you should carry on if you feel like giving up on your novel altogether

This workshop is for you if any of these sound familiar:

• You’ve just got to the end of your first draft and you’re feeling a bit deflated, like the fun bit is over
• You finished your first draft months (or years) ago … and have done little or nothing with it since
• You’ve done a lot of small edits but they don’t seem to be adding up to much progress
• You’re still on your first draft but you want to have a clearer idea of what comes next
• You’ve got a second/third/etc draft that feels like it needs substantial editing (very normal – I’m currently making sweeping changes at a second→third draft stage myself)​
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To join us, just click the magic link:

👉 ​Auto-register for Where Next?! What to Do With Your Finished First Draft​

If you’ve got any questions in advance, just hit “reply” and I’ll be glad to help.

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