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Professional proofreader and copyeditor Debbie Friedman describes the differences between being a proofreader and a copy editor. Proofreading is different from copyediting, though there are definitely some gray overlapping areas.
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Beta reading is when an author asks you to read their work in progress, and give feedback on what’s working and what could be improved. It is an extremely valuable way to help the author see their work from a … Continued
After years of creating the puzzle, making sure all the pieces fit perfectly, it became time to embrace the unthinkable: Throw out a third of the pieces, and reorder the rest into the same story, only different.