Content/Line Editing

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The line edit comes after everything has been fixed that was noted in the developmental edit. Sometimes it is called stylistic or content editing. This is where the editor drills down into more specific items.

Check Fees

A line editor works on the following:

· Voice (word choice) and style (phrasing)

· Refining characterizations

· Dialogue

· Hooks and prompts

(beginning and end of each chapter)

· Overused dialogue tags

· Bad writing habits (similar sentence

structure, sentences all starting with

the same word, filler words like

“just,” “really,” etc.)

· Consistency