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Agnosticsherbet

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2. If a work needs extensive editing, it will probably be difficult for an agent to look at it.

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:44 PM

Jul 2013

Have you worked with other writers. Critique Circle Online is a good group where it is safe to ork with other writers. You can hire a professional editor, but they are pricy. Grammarly.com has a really good product that is much better than word processors http://m.grammarly.com/?q=grammar&gclid=CIOB-uGezLgCFU5xQgodxAcA5Q and it is cheaper than hiring an editor.

If you do hire an editor, look in Writer's digest. The ones that advertise there are good and there are a lot of scam artists out there.

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I had my sis read some, she says I need an edior due to some speling mistakes... [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2013 OP

It depends. If you had a more complete manuscript it would be easier to shop around, jtuck004 Jul 2013 #1

If a work needs extensive editing, it will probably be difficult for an agent to look at it. Agnosticsherbet Jul 2013 #2

Agents will tend to reject manuscripts with a lot of spelling and/or grammar errors DavidDvorkin Jul 2013 #3

Have you considered at least running it through a spellcheck? SheilaT Jul 2013 #4

Good luck MintyWriter Jul 2013 #5