Carla King – How to Self-Edit & Work with a Human Editor
How to use electronic editors and work with line editors, copyeditors, book consultants, and proofreaders
Is your book ready to edit? Do you have questions about electronic editing programs? And when it’s time to send your manuscript to a human editor, what kind of editing do you need and how much should it cost?
Experts agree that self-publishers should spend the bulk of their budget on editing. Your book deserves great editing and so do your readers. Your book reviews, your reputation, your professionalism, all depend on great editing.
In this course, you’ll learn which combination of electronic editing tools can help you correct errors and identify cliches, overused words, complicated sentences and paragraphs, repeats, sentence length variations, diction, and many other aspects of your writing you may not be aware of.
I’ll show you how to use these tools to clean up your manuscript before sending it to a human editor.
You’ll learn what line or developmental editing is. Copyediting. Proofreading. You‘ll learn what to expect from an editor, how to hire and work with an editor, and how much the various levels of editing costs.
All this, and resources, too.
Make your book stand out from the millions of self-published books available today with great editing. You’ll be proud of your book and your readers will love it. Great editing is a great marketing decision, too. Keep those five-star reviews coming!
Your Instructor
Carla King
Carla King is the founder of the Self-Publishing Boot Camp educational series of books and workshops. With a background in technical writing and a passion for travel, she ed self-publishing her bicycle and motorcycle adventure travel books in 1994. Since then, Carla has helped many others in their writing and publishing journeys.
King has been known as a leader in self-publishing education since 2010 with Self-Pub Boot Camp courses and books and her Destination Published concierge services. She organizes the self-publishing and technology track for the San Francisco Writers Conference, works as an industry advisor, speaks at publishing conferences, podcasts, and other events.
As the author of many books (on adventure travel) and as a publishing consultant, her firsthand knowledge makes King one of the most trusted guides in the industry. Her Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Authors is the most comprehensive how-to manual for independent authors today. Authors and publishers around the world also count on her Consumer’s Guide for Self-Publishers with reviews of the tools and services that help independent authors publish.
Course Curriculum
Introduction
Course Overview
About the course
Resources
Your Human Editing Team
Introduction
How to hire and work with an editor
The acquisitions editor
Content editing
Line editing
Copyediting
Specialty book editors, peer reviewers, and beta readers
Proofreading
Writing groups
Electronic editing programs and apps
Coaches and consultants
Book consultants
Next Steps
Congratulations!
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