Drained

This one is for all you out-of-college writers, even the ones who've been writing even from before they started college.

It's also for all of you who've finished a book but have been unable to find a publisher.

And for you who think you don't need editing, even though you're only on the second draft.

Your writing isn't perfect. It never will be. 

Every writer needs an editor. Even you who are in college. Even you who graduated college with an English degree and have been writing ever since.

This NaNoWriMo book you're working on will need to be edited.

Yeah, it'll need to be edited by you, probably more than once, but it also needs to be edited by someone else. You will need to hire someone to read your work, to tell you what sucks and what's brilliant, and to show you the little grammar mistakes you didn't even know you were making.

Why?

Because English changes.
Because grammar deteriorates (even if you try to stop it doing so).
Because novels are never finished.
And because nobody's perfect.

Even if you think you're the best writer to ever be born (perhaps especially if you're that writer), you need to hire an editor.

I have one.

I even have friends who proofread my work for me and let me know when the little things aren't working.

You'll need those too.

You need to have a network around you, even if most of it is family and friends, who will read your work and tell you when you suck and when you're amazing.

But you also need that editor who's going to lay down the harsh truths--because if they don't say it, you'll never hear it.

And trust me, you need to hear it.

There's my harsh truth of NaNoWriMo.


If this made you at all interested in seeking an editor, check out RAD Writing

[love and tissue boxes]

{Ra-Di}