Do You Need A Writer?

Writing is mostly rewriting and revising. Many writers do a fine job of laying in the story in the first draft but prefer to have a professional put on the finishing touches. That's when you need a writer who has proven his rewriting and polishing abilities.

Truth be known, many well known authors learned early on that although they were brilliantly creative, they need a writer to take care of the laborious housekeeping tasks of rewriting and polishing.

Rewriting is available at several levels form mild to heavy – once-over proofreading to a major do over so it conforms to editor's expectations and requirements. Beginners can often learn as much from studying and analyzing a great rewriting of their piece as they can from a class in creative writing.

How can you know if you need a writer to rework your piece? If you didn't earn an 'A' or “B” in your last English chances are you need a writer to give your work at least a minimal manicuring. Another approach is to have a high school English teacher take a red pencil to your first chapter. Many first drafts, which may tell marvelous stories, are written in the everyday language of conversation. This leads to incomplete and run-on sentences, noun/verb incompatibility, and errors in punctuation. Rewriting by an expert can fix such things in short order. If the piece is overly repetitive or poorly organized and wanders in and out among its topics, a more major rewriting will be necessary.

Once you decide that you need a writer to work on your piece, where do you find a proven, reputable, re-writer? Google key words such as rewriting, ghost writing, editing, proof reading and writing help. Always read things written by those you are considering using. If they won't show you their work one wonders what they may have to hide. They should also send you a one or two page rewrite of a sample you provide from your manuscript so you can judge whether or not they will provide the kind of rewriting you want.

In the 'old days' of publishing a beginning writer with wonderful ideas could count on the editors at the publishing house to actually 'edit' the piece – proofreading and such. Those days are basically gone. Editors now expect perfectly written pieces and typically won't read past the first page if structural or grammatical errors are present.

So, do you need a writer to smooth out your piece before you begin submitting it? Chances are some rewriting by a professional will greatly enhance it's chance to be sold and published.

SUMMARY
Writing is mostly rewriting and revising. Many writers do a fine job of laying in the story in the first draft but prefer to have a professional put on the finishing touches. That's when you need a writer who has proven his rewriting and polishing abilities.

By: Tom Gnagey

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Tom Gnagey is a successful, long time, writer with more than 100 original books and 350 stories in his personally published bibliography (seven pen names). He has rewritten dozens manuscripts for others. His education includes degrees in psychology, education, and philosophy. Tom is a nationally known speaker and creative writing teacher. For FREE SAMPLES of his stories and information about his Writing Rx services go to www.TomsBookNook.com now.