Why Self-Editing Your Book Is A Bad Idea

People have started to challenge the notion of writing as being a solitary act. Writers work in cafes and co-author books nowadays, so there’s some relevance to it. What’s not debated is the fact that publishing is clearly not a solitary activity. Even if you’re self-publishing!

To bring a book to life, to the market, and to the readers’ shopping cart, takes a team. As a self-publishing author, it’s very important you understand this. “I’ll write it, I’ll publish and I’ll do everything in-between!” It doesn’t work like that! Avoid such flights of fancy. The “everything in-between” writing and publishing is a huge chasm of editing, proofreading, and book design, which is best crossed on bridges built by professionals.

In this blog, we’ll only focus on editing: what does a professional editor do, and why is it highly crucial to hire one?

What does an editor do?

In simple words, an editor polishes and refines your text. They give direction to the story by enhancing the major points, pulling the spotlight on places where the readers should focus. They cut out what doesn’t fit and what is nonessential to the purpose of…