Editing

Think back to a paper you wrote in the past. At what stage in your paper would each type of editor be necessary? If you had the world's greatest editor, what would that person say at each stage about your paper?

There are different levels of editing, contrary to popular belief. It is important to apply the correct type of editing in relation to where the author feels the text is in the writing process. At the beginning of the writing process, focusing on grammar and other surface features is not helpful. That's a late-stage activity that polishes up a text that is already well-constructed. Here is a file that explains three main types of editing and the questions one asks in relation to the text for each type of editing: