Actually, structural editing (also sometimes called a critique or a developmental edit) is only one of many types of editing.
For some authors, copy-edits (checking for prose style at the sentence and paragraph level) can be more important than structural editing. It just depends where your strengths and weaknesses lie.
IMO, the entire editing landscape is somewhat confusing because there isn't a standard terminology. Some people use the term copy-edit to mean proofreading. Others use it as a synonym for line editing or even low-level structural edits. Some authors sign up for a developmental edit expecting advice on which paragraphs to cut and are then displeased when the editor suggests combining two characters and changing the ending.
Last edited by Nancy Fulda; 08-08-2011 at 11:46 AM.
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