Submitted by rabidpiano86 t3_ycgxr7 in books
Gyoza-shishou t1_itnsrv9 wrote
Reply to comment by SailboatAB in Are typos supposed to be so common in books? Or am I just ending up getting poorly edited ones? by rabidpiano86
So I guess it's a good thing I tend to proofread my shit before even saving it, yes?
SSSS_car_go t1_itpqpsj wrote
Yes, but keep in mind that we all have a blind spot when it comes to our own writing and we should never attempt to copy edit ourselves. This is why self-published books are so laughably full of errors, and also why the manuscripts I’ve worked on that presented the most challenges have been those with a note attached from the author: “This won’t need much work because I have [or my wife has—for some reason it’s never a husband!] already copy edited it.”
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