4 Benefits of Professional Editing: (2) Editors are not biased.
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We have talked about how an editor can improve the quality in your writing by helping you remain coherent, and grammatically correct. We have said how editors are amazing English experts who usually spot mistakes easily, and keep ideas together. That’s all great, but aren’t writers just as good at these tasks?
The answer is simple: yes, and … no.
While the author knows everything going on, how everything should be structured, the ideas that are supposed to be expressed, their audience, the subject, etc., they know all this so much that they get emotionally attached to it. After spending hours refining the text and the language used, they believe that it is at its best and can’t possibly be improved… WRONG.
There is always room for improvement. Frequently, the quality of writing can be improved more quickly and easily by an editor who has not been directly involved in the research. A fresh set of eyes will offer you the opportunity to benefit from the writing skills of another trust-worthy professional.
During the writing process the author may be so caught up on a certain detail, or scene, or character, or anything that the possibility of losing significance and the desired impact grows. An editor can help you emphasize what’s relevant to your document, and to your audience, while keeping your ideas whole, and getting rid of details that could make you lose your reader’s attention.
The more attached a writer is to a document; the less objective the author is when it comes to making corrections. If a written document is important to you, on a personal or business level, then you should ensure that it gets the attention and expertise it deserves by investing in the services of a professional editor.