Line editing – the painstaking, detailed process of checking every single letter, space and piece of punctuation in a manuscript – is by far the most crucial part of any publishing process. A piece filled with typos is annoying. It smacks of sloppiness. A sloppy manuscript delivered to a potential agent or publisher won’t fare … More Essential writing skills: avoiding ‘ftumch’ and line-editing for quality instead

Content editing is the part of writing that takes an author from their ‘bad first draft’ to their ‘good final version’. It’s also called ‘polishing’, sometimes ‘crafting’. But it’s all the same thing – it’s about taking that raw draft and reviewing the material. For me it’s the fun part of writing. But it’s also … More Essential writing skills: tricks for better content editing