Copyediting
https://www.writerandthewolf.com/wp-content/themes/corpus/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Writer and the Wolf Editorial Writer and the Wolf Editorial https://www.writerandthewolf.com/wp-content/themes/corpus/images/empty/thumbnail.jpgThis stage focuses on sentence-level issues like spelling, grammar and consistency and should always come after a developmental edit because it’s likely you’ll be making some big changes to your manuscript – maybe even deleting whole chunks – and it’s a waste to have text edited if it’s not definitely staying!
From the CIEP:
Copyediting focuses on the detail of a text: agreeing final content, making sure it reads well for its intended purpose, and applying consistency to the language and formatting. Once a text has been copyedited it is ready for the next stage: design and layout.
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