Process
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Highlights
Location 47
what had started as a passion for writing was really a basic passion for words. It wasn’t necessarily a matter of creating content; what I loved was making writing clear, getting it to convey original intentions in the best way possible. I shifted to working increasingly with the words of others.
Location 995
What is your manuscript about? What is its purpose?Who is the anticipated audience?What type of edit do you think the manuscript needs?What style manual do you use? Do you have a house style guide? A style sheet from a previous editor?In what form will you send the manuscript? If in Word, do you want me to use Tracking? If as a PDF, do you want me to use Acrobat to mark up? If not, how do you want me to mark pages and return them to you?How many words does the manuscript have? (A page count is not good enough.) Does it have tables? Charts? Notes? A bibliography? Any other special elements?Will I resolve queries after I get feedback from the author? Or will you do that? Will I communicate directly with the author?What is the author’s background? Has the author published before?How firm is your deadline?If you are a proofreader: Has the manuscript been professionally copyedited? If so, will I get a style sheet? Will I be comparing proof against something-an earlier version or a list of data, for example? Or will I read cold?If you are a copyeditor: What level of copyedit do you want? Do you need me to do fact-checking? If so, what kinds of things do you want checked?If you are a developmental editor: Will you send the manuscript for a copyedit when I am done?If the manuscript has multiple authors: Do you want the writing to be in one voice, or do you want to retain distinct voices for your authors?If the client is an author: Do you expect to seek a traditional publisher, or are you planning to self-publish?
Location 1015
Ifyou took an hour to editfive sample pages, base your rate on a pace offourto six pages an hour.
Location 1018
pad yourtimefor unexpected problems. Twenty percent