Understanding the Editing Process with Hannah Vaughan

Understanding the editing process is one of the items on your to-do list as an aspiring author. If it's not, it should be. In this episode, I talk with author and professional editor Hannah Vaughan. Hannah has had over ten years of experience in the editing world and has worked on everything from websites to full-length books.

As you listen to this episode, you will get a better understanding of the entire editing process: self-editing, developmental and line editing, copy editing, and proofreading. Hanna will give you tips to help you edit your own work, and explain what the different types of editors do and in what order you will want to approach them. If that wasn't enough value, she will also be sharing some advice on what you should and should not do when you approach an editor for the first time.

Highlights:

09:41 Take a break from your book before going back to edit.
13:26 A developmental edit is the most intensive part of the editing process.
20:59 Copy editing is catching all of the errors and the grammar, but it will also deal a little more with like awkward wording.
30:56 Know the guidelines that each editor has going in.