Author Smarts: Editing and Self-Editing

What is self-editing? It’s more than just using spell check and the edit feature in your Word software.

There are a variety of stages in “self-editing” before a manuscript goes to publication in this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with host Judith Briles and her guest Carolyne Ruck.

The episode starts with a simple question: What do you do when you “finish” writing your manuscript? The answer includes celebrating ... then putting your manuscript in a drawer and send your Inner Critic on a vacation for up to a month.

Other takeaways include:

- When you can edit yourself.

- When to bring in outside editors.

- Why you should be stepping away from your finished manuscript.

- What you should be doing when your manuscript is in the drawer.

- What are sensitivity readers and when do you use them.

- Why manuscripts should be printed out.

- What you do when your manuscript comes out of the drawer.

- Differences in editing fiction and nonfiction.

- Steps to do when you are ready to start the reveal for other eyes.

- When you cross the line for the final line edit.

The editing stages are essential for you and your book’s success. Don’t skip them.

If you don’t want you and your book to be ignored, then the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is for you. Judith Briles has lots to share in this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast.