Well, you should always have a book edited, of course, but how much should you edit yourself before sending to your publisher? That's what I'm wrestling with right now. Part of me thinks that I should just put my red pen down and send the manuscript to my Loose Id editor already. I've had the first draft of this book written for a couple of months now (time flies!), but I keep futzing around with little sections.
So for the other writers out there -- how much do you usually edit before you send in a draft? Do you get friends to read your work before you let your pro editor see it? I'm wondering if we all have a similar process or not. I always get at least a couple of trusted friends to read before I even think of submitting.
I think part of what's holding me back is that I have a new editor, and there's always that fear of the unknown!
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Honestly, I write the cleanest draft I can (editing as I go) and then have one or more crit partners read over for it for me to catch the things I miss. After that, it gets sent to my editor. If I picked at pieces of any given story, I figure I'll do more harm than good. I'm one of those people who can nit-pick something to death.
Gosh I hate editing my own stuff :( But I edit as I go, then make a final pass before sending it to my crit partner and usually a beta reader. Then I review their comments and make another editing pass on the computer before letting the words sit a week or more. Finally, I read through a printed copy before sending it off.
Thanks for the comments, Laura and Amanda! It's always interesting to me to find out what the process is for other authors.
Thanks! I hope to hear something back about it soon.
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