Hiring an Editor – Do I need one, how do you do it?

2ND DRAFT DONE!

So now what?

Everything I’ve read says you need to hire an editor, especially for your first book. Starting with a content editor (does the story make sense, any plot holes, character development), then copy edit (the actual words, punctuation, etc.).

And I’ll tell you – they were right!

I’ve just hired the content editor, and sent them the first chapter. She found things there that I already missed/will make the story much better! And in the process, I asked several for a sample of their copy edits, and WOW is it easy to make mistakes in the writing process. Spellcheck is good, but no substitute for the human eye.

Conclusion: GET AN EDITOR.

I used Upwork.com, but no matter what you use as far as freelancers go, make sure you get samples to make sure their style matches yours. Also, the better you make your job description (i.e. what you want), and the clearer you make your expectations, the better the editing bid process will go.

Next steps, get everything else together!

Hope you have a blessed day!

RJ Batla