Stop Pulling Your Hair Out
Trying to Edit Your Book
Let an experienced editor who's helped dozens of authors unearth the gold in their books teach you how to self-edit yours.
In Self-Editing for Non-Editors, you will learn actionable, no-fluff tips to self-edit your book so it's ready for a professional editor.
There will be two standalone workshops on January 23 and January 30, 8:00–9:00 pm EST.
Editing Your Book Can Seem Like the Hardest Thing Ever
It's harder than writing it, and it's not like that was easy. Now you gotta kill your darlings, add more words, and make sure the plot twist you added at the end actually makes sense.
Gosh, wouldn't it be nice if the book just edited itself? Too bad AI thinks boring small talk is good dialogue. (I checked.)
Oh, and when are you going to find the time for this? Where do you start?
That's where I come in.
Hi! 👋 I'm Adina Edelman, a book editor for authors of memoir and fiction. I've worked on over 100 books of various genres and led or cohosted multiple writing and editing webinars for self-published authors.
👈 That's me, giving a Reedsy webinar to a few thousand people. No biggie.
And here's where you come in.
Self-Editing for Non-Editors features two standalone workshops designed to give you the tools to self-edit your book so you can save money, time, and frustration.
You can choose one or both workshop options below.
Jan 23, 2024
8:00–9:00 p.m. EST
Big-Picture Editing Workshop
This workshop will break down elements like plot, point of view, and character and teach you how to identify and correct fundamental story issues. This workshop does not teach you how to write. It teaches you how to edit your writing so your book is ready to be sent to professional editors (or agents!).
You'll walk away with:
- Next steps so you can immediately start revising
- Methods for tackling large-scale revisions
- A checklist of big-picture elements every story needs
- A list of down-to-earth questions to prompt you when you're stuck.
Jan 30, 2024
8:00–9:00 p.m. EST
Line-Editing Workshop
This workshop will take a deep dive into sentence-level editing and show you how to spot common errors, revise dialogue, and make your writing flow. Find out when to say no to spellcheck, what to leave for an editor, and how to tackle sticky sentences.
You'll walk away with:
- Methods for fixing and restructuring sentences
- How to avoid the most common writing mistakes
- How to really show and not tell
- How to improve your dialogue so it grabs your readers.
Each workshop is an interactive, one-hour experience that includes real-time editing examples, actionable steps to apply to your book, and a Q&A with a professional editor who’s worked on over 100 books.
You can sign up for just one workshop or both. And yes, it’ll be recorded! 🎙️
This is for you if . . .
- you’ve written a novel or memoir
- the idea of self-editing is terrifying
- you’re overwhelmed by the process
- you keep trying to revise and keep getting stuck
- you want to know practical tips that will actually help you
- you want to save money before hiring a professional editor
- you want a higher chance of getting your book noticed by an agent.
Over 11,000 books are published a day. How will yours stand out?
With some golden editing. And it starts here.
How much does self-editing your book save you?
I despise math as much as you despise self-editing, but sometimes we gotta do it.
Here are some numbers for you:
A 50,000-word novel that hasn’t been self-edited
+ 2 rounds of developmental editing
+ 2 rounds of line editing
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= around $8,000
A 50,000-word novel that has been self-edited
+ 1 round of developmental editing
+ 2 rounds of line editing
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= around $7,000
(A $1,000 savings! 😮)
And a 50,000-word novel that has been self-edited really well?
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Around $4,000
(A $4,000 savings! 😱)
Say what? You can save thousands of dollars with good self-editing?
Sounds amazing, right?
Ready to learn what it takes so you can save thousands of dollars?
And you're not paying thousands for this self-editing workshop.
You can learn how to self-edit your book for just $158. That's right.
Big-Picture Workshop = $99
Line-Editing Workshop = $99
Big-Picture and Line-Editing Workshop Bundle = $198 $158 (20% off!)
About the Editor
Adina Edelman has worked on over 100 books of various genres and levels of editing. She’s all about “mining the message,” unearthing the gold in your story—not just the grammar issues. Adina edits for several publishing companies as well as self-publishing authors. She has led or cohosted multiple workshops, including a Reedsy webinar that had an audience of over three thousand. Like many good editors, she is also a writer and knows the tears and trials of the self-editing process.
Stuck in the dark cave of self-editing?
Let Adina (aka the Gold Miner) dig you out.
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