Before a manuscript becomes a book, it has to become a story that actually works. That is the role of developmental editing. It is the first major editorial stage, and in many ways, it is the most important one. This is where you stop thinking about sentences and start thinking about structure. You are no longer asking, “Does this sound good?” You are asking, “Does this story hold together at all?” At this point in the process, a manuscript is not a finished product.

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