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Academic developmental editing

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Want to know more about academic developmental editing? Laura Portwood-Stacer discusses what it involves and how to develop your skills.

Listen to find out more about

  • What is academic developmental editing?
  • Required skills and background
  • Why academic authors seek help from developmental editors
  • What do academic developmental editors do?
  • Why it's different from other types of non-fiction editing
  • The benefits to editors of offering an academic developmental editing service
  • How academic developmental editors find clients
  • Training and resources for academic developmental editors

Find out more about Laura Portwood-Stacer

  • Contact Laura: manuscriptworks.com and lauraportwoodstacer.com
  • Read The Book Proposal Book: manuscriptworks.com/book
  • Train as an academic developmental editor: courses.manuscriptworks.com
  • 10% discount coupon for course: EDITINGPODCAST

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‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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