If you have participated in NaNoWriMo you probably know that March is NaNoEdMo. It is a month long glue your butt to a chair for 50 hours of Editing. Seriously, it’s true. I was successful in having a Manuscript accepted for Publication after EdMo.
When I talk about Editing it seems everyone has a slightly different idea about the meaning of Editing. It is different for everyone. For me, Editing travels hand in hand with Revision. Revision comes on the heels of Rewriting. For some, there are levels of editing.
Here are five examples..
- Developmental, substantive, or content editing.
- Structural editing.
- Copy editing.
- Line editing.
- Mechanical editing.
I think the last three examples above may qualify as Picking at Nits.
(It was here that I was going to display an image of actual nits but just looking for the photo had me itching. I am sparing you the trauma.)