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An author can give a book to different people for proofreading, copyediting, and substantive line Editing. Some of the "voice" of the author might indeed be lo
by mhomde 12y ago
An author can give a book to different people for proofreading, copyediting, and substantive line Editing.
Some of the "voice" of the author might indeed be lost just because good copy editing normally is about 20% of a draft , but it could be argued that what's left is better for it.
I agree though that one should try to keep the overall tone/style the same
- mironathetin 12y agoThis procedure is called code review in software development. If done right, it can add great value to code especially, if the author has the last word and we coders develop the gentleness of the best fiction editors.