{"id":17861,"date":"2022-06-20T21:01:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=17861"},"modified":"2022-10-09T21:07:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T13:07:08","slug":"freelance-writing-self-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/freelance-writing-self-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truths About Self-Editing in Freelance Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marketers are looking for<em> great<\/em> content and the writers that provide it. This does not mean that the freelance content writer is the king of the hill. The content editor fills that role.<\/p>\n<p>Editors make necessary changes to a writer\u2019s work to ensure they <strong>follow certain house styles of the establishment or blog<\/strong> they represent. This gives all text published at the site the same <strong>consistency and palatability<\/strong> that ensures readers keep coming back for more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But if the editor can do it, so can you\u2026 right? <\/strong>You have the same command of grammar and syntax; you are the expert on the topic you wrote, and it\u2019s going to be your name on the post anyway. And we\u2019re pretty sure the editor is also \u2018only human\u2019. So why go through the hassle and slow down the publishing process? <strong>Why not just self-edit?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are some <strong>myth-busting truths about self-editing<\/strong> in freelance writing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/accounting-invoicing-services-for-freelance-designers\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Best Invoicing & Accounting Tools For Freelancers\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Best Invoicing & Accounting Tools For Freelancers<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/accounting-invoicing-services-for-freelance-designers.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-9460 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/accounting-invoicing-services-for-freelance-designers.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Best Invoicing & Accounting Tools For Freelancers<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCompilation of free invoicing tools and services to handle your billing systems and invoices. Some of them are...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Self-editing freelance writer<\/h2>\n<p>There are rumors of a new kind of content writer. They say that this new and improved content writer can edit their own content. After all, an editor does not need another editor, so why could there not be a self-editing content writer. When you get right down to it, <strong>no one knows the material better<\/strong> than the writer, correct?<\/p>\n<p>The idea of a self-editing freelance content writer would be <strong>a great asset<\/strong> for any website or blog. It will cut down on the need for an extra man\/woman on the team, the editor.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/freelance-writing-self-editing\/adding-annotations.jpeg\" alt=\"adding annotations\" width=\"800\" height=\"638\"><\/figure>\n<p>Transferable mistakes will be greatly reduced, there would be no slowdowns caused by a conflict of opinions and we\u2019d get more content published in more regular intervals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/writing-freelance-documents-tips-and-guidelines\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Effective Tips and Guidelines for Freelance Writing Success\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Effective Tips and Guidelines for Freelance Writing Success<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/writing-freelance-documents-tips-and-guidelines.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-9096 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/writing-freelance-documents-tips-and-guidelines.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Effective Tips and Guidelines for Freelance Writing Success<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe freelancing world is a live battleground where entrepreneurs are required to sleep with an eye open.\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Why can\u2019t it work?<\/h2>\n<p>On paper, it looks like a workable idea, but in reality, it\u2019s a dud. I know many content writers who try to self-edit to the best of their abilities, myself included. Unfortunately, I do not personally know of many who can do it with a high level of consistency.<\/p>\n<p>During a career span of just over 33 years, I have learned a few things about editing. The gist of it: I have seen enough to know that <strong>I would not want the job<\/strong>. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n<h2>Seeing is believing<\/h2>\n<p>Our brains can trick us into believing there are <strong>words on the page that are not really there<\/strong>. We become so intent on the writing that when we read through it in our first edit, our brain fills in the gaps where the missing words are without us realizing it. Mistakes escape through the filters, points go haywire, and structure loses <em>structure<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/tips-tricks-writing-fast-and-professionally\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Tips to Write Fast and Professionally\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tips to Write Fast and Professionally<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/tips-tricks-writing-fast-and-professionally.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-10806 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/tips-tricks-writing-fast-and-professionally.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Tips to Write Fast and Professionally<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSo what do you do when you're pressed for time, swamped underworks and you still need to get...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/tips-tricks-writing-fast-and-professionally\/\">trick<\/a> to getting around this is to put the writing down for several hours. By doing this, we begin to distance ourselves from the writing. The longer the cooling period, the more we forget.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/freelance-writing-self-editing\/edit-writing.jpeg\" alt=\"edit writing\" width=\"800\" height=\"761\"><\/figure>\n<p>By the end of the waiting period, <strong>we will be reading the piece as a reader, not the writer<\/strong>. And that\u2019s where we find all the weird mistakes we miss out during our self-imposed edits. Don\u2019t take my word for it, try it for yourself.<\/p>\n<h2>Jack of all trades<\/h2>\n<p>We may be the experts of the topic we wrote about however that probably means we lack in other aspects such as the <strong>intricate preferences of the readers of the site<\/strong>. To conquer that, you need a lot of data, a lot of experience with a niche group, or psychic powers. Editors usually have one of the three.<\/p>\n<p>They know where to focus, what to take out, what to put in, and how to enhance a particular post for <em>their <\/em>readers.<strong> It\u2019s their job to know.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For us, all we have to do is be an expert in our topics. When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/guest-posts-tips\/\">guest blogging<\/a>, we don\u2019t even have to worry about SEO, CRO, link building, inserting backlinks, when to publish the post for maximum exposure, social marketing, and dozens of other considerations to maximize our content successfully. Now, aren\u2019t you glad that there are <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/web-editor-confessions\/\">editors on the Web<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Remember that editors have to be <strong>natural management specialists,<\/strong> often managing numerous guest bloggers, teams of content writers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/marketing-your-blog-10-essential-tips-you-should-know\/\">marketers<\/a> with their eager, often manic campaigns. They need to know which strategy works for which niche market, and how to advise their writers. Speaking of which\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/jack-of-all-trades-master-of-one\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Jack of All Trades vs Master of One for Designers\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jack of All Trades vs Master of One for Designers<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/jack-of-all-trades-master-of-one.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-15382 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/jack-of-all-trades-master-of-one.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Jack of All Trades vs Master of One for Designers<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEvery year, large batches of design students graduate and launch their careers in the market. Some of them...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Writers know thyself<\/h2>\n<p>Even more important than intimate knowledge of the blog or website\u2019s inner workings is the self-editing content writer\u2019s knowledge himself or herself. The reason the world has so few true self-editing writers is that there are not that many people who can be <strong>brutally honest with themselves. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A handful of those are their <strong>own worst critic<\/strong>, essentially crippling themselves before any of their work sees light. That\u2019s not good either.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/web-editor-confessions\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Confessions of a Web Editor \u2013 An Inside Look\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Confessions of a Web Editor \u2013 An Inside Look<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/web-editor-confessions.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-17148 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/web-editor-confessions.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Confessions of a Web Editor \u2013 An Inside Look<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDive into the world of web editing with hongkiat.com. Uncover the realities of time, criticism, and self-discipline in...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To self-edit, the Writer must know how to be <strong>brutally honest<\/strong>, how to <strong>put the integrity of the written piece before the write<\/strong>r, and sometimes, how to<strong> walk away<\/strong> from good material. To write what you consider being the purest, most perfect paragraph, only to find during the editing process that it does not contribute enough to the post to be kept in, means you have to make a tough decision.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/freelance-writing-self-editing\/self-editing.jpeg\" alt=\"self editing\" width=\"800\" height=\"704\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Can you\u2026 Cut it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The true editor would make the cut without the slightest hesitation and only after considering all other alternatives. For obvious reasons, an editor who is not you will do a better job in being completely objective with the material. It\u2019s almost entirely easier to let someone else do the dirty job.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/jack-of-all-trades-master-of-one\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Jack of All Trades vs Master of One for Designers\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jack of All Trades vs Master of One for Designers<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/jack-of-all-trades-master-of-one.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-15382 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/jack-of-all-trades-master-of-one.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Jack of All Trades vs Master of One for Designers<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEvery year, large batches of design students graduate and launch their careers in the market. Some of them...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Still want to self-edit?<\/h2>\n<p>After all that is said and done, there is one last thing to add. The content editor can do a job that is only as good as the writer can. In other words, if the raw material was weak to begin with, there is only so much the editor can do before he or she <strong>has to give up<\/strong>. After all, even with really good, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/professionally-looking-ecommerce-web-design\/\">flawless content<\/a>, there is still a lot to do in post-editing to ensure that the writer gets all the limelight he or she deserves.<\/p>\n<p>So take this relationship as more of a symbiotic one, one where you the writer has to depend on the editor, and the editor on your dedication to the craft to produce a true piece of writing that readers will love and benefit from.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marketers are looking for great content and the writers that provide it. This does not mean that the freelance content writer is the king of the hill. The content editor fills that role. 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