The last thing you want is someone stumbling through the process of reading your book. Sentences are jumbled. The syntax (sentence structure) is confusing. Readers have to reread sentences or paragraphs to grasp what you're trying to say, and even then, they're not sure if they understood it as you intended.
Most often, in this case, the book won't be finished. And if it's not even finished...
Well, any point you're trying to make or image you're attempting to convey will be moot. Reviews will be nonexistent or worse, rated 2 stars or lower, hiding your book from potential new readers (and book sales) by way of Amazon's algorithm.
With 10 years of experience copywriting, content writing, and editing online publications and 4.5 years in the book writing and publishing industry, my expertise lies in ensuring your writing flows well and reads easily. If not to make your writing more enjoyable to read, then to guarantee readers walk away learning all that you want them to.
Word choice
General grammar use
Syntax (sentence structure)
Integrity of original author voice & style
Phrasing, tense, and knowledge consistencies
At the end: along with a document containing all edits, notes, and comments, you will receive a short write-up summarizing common errors and edits I've made, along with other general observations of writing strengths and weaknesses you can use to improve your writing over time.
Help your message come across better & have the writing be read with ease to create a truly quality book that rivals traditional publishers—while saving on services.
Have you ever read a book that felt confusing and disjointed, like the pieces weren't connected even though they seemed similar enough? You can't put knowledge together and truly retain it unless it's laid out in a certain order. It becomes easier to remember, the information is retained better, and the reader truly learns because of it.
The order and structure of giving information matters—especially in books.
This is what developmental editing helps you accomplish. What you know, and therefore want to teach or get out by way of your book, needs a certain structure to help it hit home. This structure isn't intuitive. After all, we're not taught how to structure a book.
Well, you weren't. I was, and my specialty lies in instructional design: how to teach information in a way that allows people to learn, retain, and best use it. After all, the amount someone learns and how they use it is what leads them to leave 5-star, raving reviews that trigger the Amazon algorithm to promote your book to new readers.
With 10 years of experience both writing and editing for online educational publications, the last 4.5 of which spent in the writing and publishing industry, my expertise lies in the development and structure of relaying writing in a way that consumers can best understand.
Individual chapter structure and development
Placement of personal stories
Overall structure of the book (which chapters go before others)
Effectiveness of writing material (clarity in education)
Content inconsistencies
At the end: along with a document containing all edits, notes, and comments, you will receive a short write-up summarizing common errors and edits I've made, along with other general observations of writing strengths and weaknesses you can use to improve your writing and book development over time.
Overall message and/or teaching clarity and delivery
Help your message come across better & have the writing be read with ease to create a truly quality book that rivals traditional publishers—while saving on services.
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