My Approach To Editing
As your editor, my primary job is to advocate for your future readers, ensuring they receive a clear, concise, complete, and readable story. Your story. At its finest.
My contributions must be invisible. That means I’ll be as light-handed as possible. I will not make changes based on whim or personal preferences. Every edit will have one purpose: to make your story stronger. I will explain my reasoning behind any revisions I do suggest.
All edits will be tracked, and you will be free to accept or reject them. I will not make any changes that you are unaware of except minor formatting corrections (deleting extra spaces, fixing line breaks or margins, etc.).
I use the Chicago Manal of Style as my guidebook. However, these “rules” are only a starting place. Sometimes writers have very good reasons for breaking them, and your preferences matter. Consistency across a book is more important than absolute compliance with any set of rules.
Lastly, you will always have the final say. This is your story. Let’s get started and make it sparkle!