: Re: Is a professional editor worth the cost? The pros and cons of alternatives to professional editors have already been discussed here. It has already been established that nothing can quite replace

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I hired an editor in my early days as a comic book scripter, and I think she was absolutely invaluable in helping me learn the basics of the form I was writing in. If you're breaking into the script world, or if you're self publishing, I highly recommend hiring an editor.

However, I have also hired editors who didn't do me much good at all, and wasted hundreds of dollars in doing so, so take recommendations and follow your gut about whether someone seems like a good match for you.

In terms of the world of prose books published by outside (more traditional) publishers, I have had recommended to me NOT to hire an editor. I've been told it's a waste of money and that the publisher, if interested in your work, will assign an editor to you.

That does jibe with some of my experiences publishing smaller pieces in anthologies, however because I'm not part of the prose world I can't offer first-hand validation of this assertion.

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