The Editing Podcast

How to save money on editing


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In this episode of The Editing Podcast, Denise and Louise discuss the order of play for the different levels of editing, and some ideas about how you can keep costs down.

Listen to find out more about:

  • The different levels of editing
  • The order of play – when to do what
  • Who else can help – beyond the pro editor
  • Planning ahead
  • Getting comparative quotations for the job
  • Honing story craft
  • Manuscript critiques or evaluations
  • Learning through example – commissioning mini edits
  • Word’s onboard tools, macros and add-ins
  • Style sheets

Editing bites
  • PerfectIt (consistency-checking software)
  • Proofreading checklist (free PDF booklet)
  • Ask A Book Editor (Facebook group)

Other resources
  • A nifty little proofreading and editing macro: ProperNounAlyse (blog post)
  • CompareWordList macro
  • Creating your own style sheet (scroll to bottom of blog post)
  • Free downloadable style-sheet template (scroll to bottom of blog post)
  • How do I find spelling inconsistencies when proofreading and editing? TextSTAT (blog post)
  • How Not to Write a Novel (Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman)
  • Self-editing your fiction in Word: How to use styles (video tutorial)

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The Editing PodcastBy Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)

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