You’ve worked so hard on your novel and now you have a finished draft. Congratulations! Now it’s time to look at a developmental edit or manuscript critique. Then again, maybe your plot has derailed and you want to get it back on track. Maybe you’ve run out of ideas and you need a brainstorming session.
Either way, now is the time to get some professional feedback. Yep, it’s time to hand over your baby. Scary, right? You’re worried that you’ll shell out money and get a snarky editorial letter. You want guidance, not judgement. You want an editor who understands what it’s like to be on the end of a manuscript critique themselves.
Yep, I’ve been there and I know what it’s like. I also know that it takes a while to process editorial feedback and that means you might want to ask more questions a few weeks down the line.
And guess what – no one writes a perfect novel. Everyone, even the most successful authors, need objective feedback to untangle complex plots or help them flesh out characters.
That’s where developmental fiction editing and manuscript critique services can help. You need fresh eyes on your manuscript. Readers care more about a good plot and great characters than they do about the odd grammatical mistake. If you’re intending to publish your novel yourself, getting a developmental edit or a manuscript critique is a worthwhile investment.