Take a Giant Leap to Better Writing

How editors are making my book better while I sleep

Every writer wants to be published and curated. We all want to receive recognition for our writing. To get there, you need to have a crucial element included in your writing process. This step is so important that using it could be the tipping point between the success and failure of any story you compose.

The key to better writing is using an editor. Editors help you to understand how the reader will perceive your material. They help to catch grammar, phrasing, and style errors that could lead to readers abandoning your story before getting to the end. The problem with having someone else read your piece before it goes public is they are going to criticise it. As a result, we writers need to develop a tough skin so that it is easier to receive feedback. That feedback, after all, is designed to help improve your writing, and to make your ideas more lucent to your audience.

Who do you write for?

If you were just writing for yourself, you could use a journal and not share your musings with anyone else. Once you decide to write in public, however, it is a different ballgame. When you release your writing, be it a blog on your own website, an article on Medium, or as a book, it belongs to your audience. You send it out to inspire, develop or entertain and with any luck, it will. Why not help your writing to have a deeper, longer-lasting impression by submitting your writing to the editorial process before it is published? Having a new set of eyes on your writing will provide that.

Do you know someone in your audience?

Finding an editor should not be hard. Is there someone you know who matches the profile of your audience? This type of editor will help ensure that your writing resonates with your target audience. Allowing you to inspire those you are writing for. An editor who matches your target audience will also aid your road to improvement by pointing out errors in logic, tone and phrasing that could create distance between you and the reader. Repairing your…

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