June Roundup & Structural Editing

 

The year is half gone. How did that happen?? Anyway, on with things …

I received my structural edit/ reader’s report on Kalileia back at the end of May, which is a 17-page document going over the manuscript and highlighting areas that can be improved upon. My editor, Kate, did a fantastic job, and we had a coffee together afterwards to discuss the book. I was so happy to hear that the structure and plotline was all working well, since I’d been the most worried about the last third of the book and trying to get the ending right. To my surprise, it was the first third of the book that needed the most work, and of course once my attention had been drawn to the weaknesses there, I was amazed that I hadn’t seen them myself. Note: this is the power of a great editor. They can point out the parts that aren’t working, but more importantly explain to you why they aren’t working and offer some suggestions on how to improve them.