What Is Developmental Editing?

(For the purposes of this post, I discuss developmental editing as it applies to trade fiction books.)

What Is Developmental Editing?

Developmental editing refers to editing that aims to improve the overall content and structure of a manuscript. Developmental editing is very different from its cousins, proofreading and

Copyeditor Bible

copyediting, types of editing that ensure that a manuscript’s grammar, punctuation, and spelling are in accordance with rules codified in reference books such...