Working with an Editor

Do You Need an Editor?

If you’re planning to put your content in front of an audience, you want your work to be clean and professional. The words you write reflect the quality of work that you provide; your content makes an impression on your audience and gives them insight into your ability to pay attention to detail. When you continually post content that has the same grammatical errors or spelling/usage mistakes, your audience notices the sloppy work. Okay, maybe not everyone notices; though, when you’re building a following or targeting a specific market, you cannot afford to lose members of your audience with the underlying message that your work is disorganized. 

By now, you've probably tried an online editing tool, even if it's just the built-in text editor for spelling and grammar. If you use an editing tool like Grammarly, you already understand that content needs to be clear and concise. If you push out small-pieces of content regularly, editing tools are convenient and fast, pointing out the obvious spelling and grammatical errors. These tools focus on the basic elements of your writing. 

While editing tools do have a purpose, do not confuse the software with the tangible benefits of a professional editor. Editing software points out the elementary mistakes within your writing, but the tool does not find every issue and you should not trust it with every suggestion. Professional editors are trained to find patterns in your writing, helping you learn how to fix the mistake, understand the issue, and improve your sentence construction and writing strategies over the long haul. 

Do you want feedback about how to enhance your writing? Contact me for a complimentary assessment of your writing.