Developing Your Editor’s Voice

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A recording of a class originally presented by Jeanne Marie Leach at Pencon 2020

We’ve all been taught to edit in such a way as to not disrupt or change the author’s voice, but have you ever considered that over time, editors also develop a unique, editorial voice and why that’s important to your business?

In what way does our editor’s voice help us to succeed?

This video covers:

Do editors have an “editor’s voice?” Is voice automatic or learned? How does that differ from the editor’s style?
Getting more clients through our sample edit.
Why I treat every fiction edit as a substantive edit.
Conveying consistent, clear comments the clients will accept 95% of the time
Allowing our personality to shine through our comments creates trust between two people who will never meet in person
When are CMOS references necessary?
Why I use teaching flyers and how they help give the most possible bang for the author’s bucks while keeping your comments pithy and fun.
How to keep your emotions under control during a difficult edit.
How in-depth should your comments be?

How do we develop our editor’s voice?

Through practice and awareness of our wording
By recognizing the difference between words that ebb and flow with a smooth rhythm and those that are haltingly written