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Structure and sequence
We look at the order of chapters and ideas, and at whether each part arrives when the reader is ready for it.
01 · Developmental editing
Developmental editing: shaping the book before the sentences
Developmental editing is the wide-angle read. It asks whether the book’s structure, argument, scope, and sequence are giving the thinking enough room to work.
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Argument and question
A nonfiction book needs a question it can carry. Developmental editing helps that question stay visible without reducing the book to a formula.
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Scope and reader
The work makes room for what belongs and gives shape to what does not. It asks who the book is speaking to and what that reader needs.
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A plan for revision
The result is a practical account of the draft’s strengths, open decisions, and next revisions while change is still possible.