http://www.selfpublishing.ca/ After you have written your manuscript, it has to be edited. No one (not even Stephen King) is so good a writer that they can neglect having their work edited. There are basically two kinds of editing - content (or substantive) editing and copy editing.
Content editing is the process of finding ways to make what you have written better. The editor looks at the manuscript more as a whole and works with the writer to improve the telling of the story or the presentation of the material.
Copy editing is the line-by-line and word-by-word search for errors in the text. Grammar, punctuation and spelling are looked at critically in order to ensure there are no mistakes. In the newspaper business it's called proof reading.
Done correctly and methodically, editing will give your manuscript a polished professional look. Neglect the editing and your book will look amateurish. Professional editing will polish your book so it holds its own with other books in the field that have been published by established trade publishing houses.
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