Writers, Want to Be Published?
Give Your Manuscript the Best Chance of Success ... Hire a Professional Editor or Ghostwriter to Work on Your Book
Many people feel that they "have a book inside them" and have a dream of being published. However, the publishing industry is extremely competitive and many manuscripts sit on a publisher's desk before being given a cursory glance and rejected. This "slushpile hell" can drag on for years, with rejection letter after rejection letter getting you down. Sometimes, increasing your chance of publication can be as simple as doing much of the hard work for the publisher before they even set eyes on your manuscript, by using a professional editor or writer to help edit or rework your manuscript and make it the best it can be prior to submitting it for publication.
Here's What a Professional Editor Like Karin Cox Will Do for Your Manuscript:
1. Increase your chance of publication by formatting your manuscript in a style recognised by the Wiley Style Manual 6th Edition (formerly the Australian Government Printing Style Manual) or whichever other style guide you or your potential publisher require. Editing your book to the right style can save a publisher a lot of effort later.
2. Strengthen your authorial voice, streamline your plot, bring your characters to life, make your dialogue leap off the page ... and overall enhance your writing style (as well as provide you with useful tips for future writing). This kind of substantive editing and reworking can really help give your work the polish it needs to thrill the publishing professional who pulls your manuscript out of the slushpile.
3. Remove spelling errors, typographical errors, grammatical errors and any "style" errors or errors in word usage that could impede your manuscript's chance of publication. You'll also be able to question the editor about changes, which will improving your grammar, spelling and punctuation in future writing. See Common Writing Errors.
4. Tighten text, if necessary, to condense your manuscript to a suitable length for a publisher. A good editor knows that the longer your manuscript is the more it will cost to publish. Most book genres have a standard extent that is more appealing to publishers and many novels, autobiographies and young adults' fiction have padding that can be removed without affecting the story (or have some text that is tangential to the plot). A professional, experienced editor can help you streamline your work.
5. A professional editor and published author like Karin Cox can also help provide you with advice that will hold you in good stead should you decide to self-publish in future. Contact Karin today for an obligation-free quote and sample edit of your manuscript's first page by clicking here.
Even if you are an exceptional writer, having an experienced editor cast a constructively critical eye over your manuscript before you submit it to a publisher is a must if you really want to increase your chance of being published. You're up against tough competition in an industry that is increasingly hard to succeed in. Don't let your manuscript languish in a drawer, send it to Karin today and give yourself a real shot at publishing success.
