{"id":2021,"date":"2018-09-06T13:41:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T13:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p8site.com\/old-prc\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2023-06-14T10:48:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:48:42","slug":"4-signs-great-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/p8site.com\/old-prc\/4-signs-great-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Signs of a Great Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve spent years perfecting your characters, breathing life into your setting, and you think you\u2019re finally ready to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/p8site.com\/old-prc\/hardcover-book-printing\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">publish your own hardcover book<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, before you send your manuscript to print and break out the champagne, you should have an editor look over your work to perfect your spelling, grammar, and tone. But how can you tell if your editor is the real deal? 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Beware of editors who offer \u201crush jobs\u201d or who offer to read your entire book in a single day \u2014 chances are, they\u2019re not being thorough.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>They\u2019re thoughtful in their criticism. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great editors know that criticism can make your writing stronger\u2026but only if you know what to correct. An editor who is skilled in their craft will never write things like \u201cthis isn\u2019t good\u201d on your work; they\u2019ll tell you specifically why it\u2019s falling short and what you can do to make it better.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>They maintain your vision. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your editor\u2019s job is to enhance your voice, not change it. Beware of an editor who butchers entire paragraphs without explanation or who changes phrases and words just because they don\u2019t personally like them. 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