June: Check In

Don't get lost in developmental edits

Now that you’re moving into a new phase of your manuscript, developmental editing, let’s look at the big picture.

By this point, you’ve already lived half a year or more in this world. You’ve built a firm foundation, drafted the book, and reached The End for the first time.

Now it’s time to make sense of the story with developmental editing.

Developmental Edit Notes

To show you the type of structural edits I look for as a book coach, I’m going to walk you through some high level notes on a speculative fiction manuscript I edited.