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Old 04-27-2017, 03:48 AM   #34
E.M.DuBois
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As far as hiring an editor, bills make it so I am barely living within my means. Not starving, but not able to afford the services of a professional editor. Lemurion’s suggestion has really struck a cord in me. I’ve been told before that the best editors are people with fresh eyes to my work, but I never thought of changing my work to make it fresh for my eyes. It’s freaking brilliant, if that counts for anything.

As far as people asking me why I haven’t posted an ad on Writer’s Corner yet: 1. Need to figure out what I can offer as a trade for editing. This forum has proven that I’m way behind the learning-curve here tech-wise, since I’ve tried to read through other forums and have to google every other term I come across. So I’m having a hard time thinking of something to offer in return. I know in an earlier post I offered formatting, but now I’m taking that back. 2. I want to develop the skills necessary to edit my own work as much as I can first, so all an editor is doing is making suggestions, basically, not wasting their time with typos. I can’t figure out what I need to learn if I don’t know what is it I need to learn (anyone remember where that’s from in the Creative Writing curriculum?) So first I need to see how bad of a self-editor I am, then I can fill in the gaps with workshops (when I can afford them) and not be wasting my time (and money) relearning things I already know.

Also, thank you for the errors you pointed out. While you picked them out randomly, it’s still a good start.
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