Do editors fix your writing to sound better and add things in themselves?

Answer 1

That depends on the type of editor you hire. You will need an editor BEFORE you shop your book around. You will have to pay for it.

A basic sweep through editor will correct spelling, punctuation, grammar etc. They will also make margin notes as to places where you should cut or add, speed up or slow down the pace, etc. They know what sells. Listen to them.

An abridged editor will do that plus some writing for you - a limited amount of changes

An unabridged editor is almost like a writing partner. Many unabridged editors are listed on the covers of books like James Patterson and ... whoever.

A sweep through editor gets about 4 - 5 dollars a page based on 250 words per page.

An unabridged editor gets upwards of 20 thousand dollars plus a percentage of royalties.

An abridged editor falls somewhere in between.

Pax- C

Answer 2

Editors do fix things, much like a proofreader, and they do read for continuity.

They should not simply add things to stories, however.

A good editor will return the manuscript to the author with notes; as an example, the editor of one of my novels corrected some proofing errors, then gave me three content-based notes:

1) I think you should give a little more detail on the political structure of this colony.
2) It'd be good if Character X makes an initial appearance a bit earlier in the story.
3) The rivalry between Characters X and Y is a really entertaining sidebar; could you add a couple of more scenes displaying that?

In this way, the editor directly contributes to improving the story without making the faux pas of actually writing part of the story him-/herself.

An editor who DOES write content for the story is not a professional editor. Generally these are wannabe-writers who haven't gotten their own work published. They're really freaking irritating.

And by the way, you should NEVER pay someone to edit or "doctor" your manuscipt. Money flows TO the writer, not from. A manuscipt doctor is not going to change an unpublishable novel into a publishable novel.

Answer 3

Yes, but they inform the writer of all suggested changes. The editor's job is to make things look neat and tidy without changing the writer's content and voice.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

They make suggestions to add, expand or delete. You do the writing.

Answer 6

sometimes, but mostly they fix your mistakes, wheter its grammar or spelling