What it looks like to receive a developmental edit and when you need one for your children's story
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Hey guys, Brooke Van Sickle
Hey guys, Brooke Van Sickle here with Journey to Kidlit, and I just wanted to walk you through a developmental edit today.
I just finished a developmental edit for one of our Kidlit Fast Track clients, and so I want to introduce you to what that looks like from an editorial perspective. A developmental edit is something that every children's story should go through, regardless of the category you're writing for, so watch the video to see a breakdown of what this looks like.
A developmental edit is the very first step in the editing process whenever you're working on a new book. It looks at your big picture items, which includes:
* Your characters. And if you have multiple characters, it's going to dive into each one, whether or not they're necessary,
* Your plot. If you have a complete story arc, an internal arc, your pacing, etc. * Your voice and language choice for the story. Is it appropriate for the category you chose? Is there a better category that might be better for you? If you're rhyming, is there a proper rhythm? Etc.
It'll all get addressed inside your developmental editorial letter.
After you have this done, you might want to give yourself a day to really absorb the notes, then you'll want to go back through your story and look at those revisions. Ask yourself - what's working, what needs to be made more clear, what needs to be reworked, etc. Then step it out to complete your revisions before moving onto a more detailed line edit or copyedit.
You never want to move forward with copyedits or illustrations until you've experienced a complete developmental edit. For more editing tips, check out Journey to Kidlit here: https://journeytokidlit.com/quick-edi...
I just finished a developmental edit for one of our Kidlit Fast Track clients, and so I want to introduce you to what that looks like from an editorial perspective. A developmental edit is something that every children's story should go through, regardless of the category you're writing for, so watch the video to see a breakdown of what this looks like.
A developmental edit is the very first step in the editing process whenever you're working on a new book. It looks at your big picture items, which includes:
* Your characters. And if you have multiple characters, it's going to dive into each one, whether or not they're necessary,
* Your plot. If you have a complete story arc, an internal arc, your pacing, etc. * Your voice and language choice for the story. Is it appropriate for the category you chose? Is there a better category that might be better for you? If you're rhyming, is there a proper rhythm? Etc.
It'll all get addressed inside your developmental editorial letter.
After you have this done, you might want to give yourself a day to really absorb the notes, then you'll want to go back through your story and look at those revisions. Ask yourself - what's working, what needs to be made more clear, what needs to be reworked, etc. Then step it out to complete your revisions before moving onto a more detailed line edit or copyedit.
You never want to move forward with copyedits or illustrations until you've experienced a complete developmental edit. For more editing tips, check out Journey to Kidlit here: https://journeytokidlit.com/quick-edi...
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