What Is a Developmental Edit? And Why It Matters to the Success of Your Book

<p>A developmental edit for your book project is as essential ...</p> <p> </p> <p>You need a developmental edit, no matter your experience as a writer. Developmental editing is not about tearing down your work or diminishing your voice as a writer. It's a collaborative effort between an expert and you.</p> <p> </p> <p>Great Moments in the Episode</p> <p>(8:40) Who needs a developmental edit? Every writer, including veterans and newbies.</p> <p>(10:20)What a developmental edit is NOT. Plus, the other kinds of editing services that you will need for your book project.</p> <p>(17:25) What do to if your agent or publisher isn't engaging you in a developmental edit of your book.</p> <p>(19:00) A developmental edit is, for starters, a meta edit.</p> <p>(29:18) Why we resist someone giving us a developmental edit.</p> <p>(39:49) The best writers crave developmental editing.</p> <p> </p> <p>(41:53) Words of the Episode</p> <p>Malaise: a general feeling of discomfort or unease or overall bodily weakness</p> <p>Brigand: A thief with a weapon, especially one of a group living in the countryside, stealing from people who are traveling through the area.</p> <p> </p> <p>Follow Journey Sixty6</p> <p><a href='https://www.journeysixty6.com/'>https://www.journeysixty6.com/</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/@journeysixty6writingforpub'>https://www.youtube.com/@journeysixty6writingforpub</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/journeysixty6'>https://www.facebook.com/journeysixty6</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.instagram.com/journeysixty6/'>https://www.instagram.com/journeysixty6/</a></p>