In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Dr. Judith Briles, host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, rolls out Part 2 of Editing Tips for 2024 with fiction editor Barb Wilson to step up and reveal her key strategies for 2024 success for authors.

- Start thinking World Building … world building is not exclusive to fantasy and sci-fi—it’s in every genre. Build yours and know the details. The result is rich story flow.

- Development and Content editing … is the hardest, longest, and most costly in the process.- Copy editing is all about the mechanics, line by line.- Proofreading/cold eye. It’s a must.- Tips for looking at plot holes.- Foreshadowing entices a storyline.- Discover EFA.org – the Educational Freelancers Association for cost guidelines.And, - of course, much more.Editors have the skills to fix your words and make you shine. Use them.

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