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Originally Posted by MaMiller
Congratulations!  And amen to the self-editing. You'll catch everything a third-party will...it's just sometimes you catch on the first pass, second pass, third pass.... but you WILL catch it!  |
If you're referring to simple spelling or grammatical errors, then yes, I agree, but a good copy editor does a heck of a lot more than that. They will often advise that parts of the book are re-written, or are entirely removed. That's generally
not not something that an author is able to do themselves. The overwhelming majority of books
require professional editing to get them into a state fit to be published. That's just the way it is, and is not meant as a criticism of anyone's writing abilities.