So if the last post resonated with you, and you suspect you might need to procure a developmental editor for your manuscript, you can read on to get a sense of what it’s like to work with a developmental editor, what the process may look like for you, and how much it might cost [not as much as you might think].

Every request for editing I get asks me for a copy edit. And yet, when I start reading the paper, I see that what it needs is not a fix for its writing issues but a fix for its thinking issues. The paper actually needs a developmental edit. What does your paper need?