Ask the Editors with Rachelle Ramirez and Anne Hawley
In this live Q&A, developmental editors Anne Holly and Rachelle Ramirez of Pages & Platforms answer attendees’ writing and editing questions. You can read Rachelle’s post on “What Type of Editor Do You Need?” here: https://www.pagesandplatforms.com/blog/what-type-of-editor-do-you-need Download the Story Types Guide at: https://pagesandplatforms.b-cdn.net/Write%20Anyway%20Summit/WA26/Story-Types-Guide.pdf
00:14 Welcome and housekeeping
05:34 Grammarly vs. ProWritingAid, and drafting in a second language
08:52 How polished your manuscript needs to be for editors and publishers
12:35 Do editing tools use AI?
14:23 Genre specialties and how to find a trusted editor
21:32 Traditional, hybrid, or self-publishing?
23:39 What to do when “nothing happens” in a scene
28:04 Telling agents and publishers about AI-assisted tools
29:44 Using story types for nonfiction
32:29 First vs. third person, and why switching later is hard
36:42 Copyright and sharing drafts with an editor
41:26 How to work through developmental notes
44:20 Opening with a dramatic event vs. the character’s ordinary world
46:48 World-building without losing momentum
49:22 Developmental editing timelines and pricing
53:54 Beta readers vs. “alpha” readers
56:27 Mixing first- and third-person points of view
58:43 Closing comments