Is There Such A Thing As A Final Manuscript?
October 7, 2008 by Anne Wayman
Filed under Jobs
(www.thegoldenpencil.com)
Sometimes I think there is simply no way to finalize a manuscript – particularly a book-length manuscript! Can you tell I’m working on the copy edited version on my soon-to-be-released book on getting a book written?
After I accepted or rejected the changes made by my excellent copy editor, I printed out the manuscript one last time. Or maybe not. Part of the reason is she suggested I double-check the look of the headings and subheadings. I do that sort of thing best when I have actual pages to work with.
It was also time to give the book one more reading from front to back. I’m glad I did. Oh, there wasn’t anything awful, or horribly wrong. But I was able to tighten some things and make some other minor changes that make me happy.
Now I’m entering all that, including some fussy things like headings, running heads, pagination, etc. All that seems to take so much time!
But the end is truly in sight!
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