Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor · Jul 15

A6: For content marketing, if there is a very bad draft sent to me, I'll list how many publication standards it's missing to show that it's not ready for copyedits. One time, for instance, I said "There are 28 'not only X but Y' constructions in this 2K-word blog post." #StetChat

Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor · Jul 15

A6: For book authors, something that feels like a metric of an edit but ISN’T is tracked changes. Some writers think the number of tracked changes is a metric of how good their writing is or how good the book is. ... #StetChat

Jesse – Rainbow Pen Editing · Jul 15

#StetChat A6 I can't think of any. It's hard to quantify fiction editing quality, beyond explaining to the client what you did. I think it's more of a feeling that the writer gets as they see their manuscript evolve throughout the editing process.

Erin K. Maher · Jul 15

A6: I don't think I really do this! I definitely can't quantify it in terms of how much money the author is going to make, because they're not going to make any money. 😬 #StetChat

Raquel ⟡ Fiction Editor · Jul 15

A6. Not really a quantification, but I try to link the level of editing with the author's goals for the project—if they are trying to put a professional-level project out into the world (meaning, readers or agents will have certain expectations), then they need professional-level editing. #StetChat