editorial process
Manuscript revision workflow
The editorial process is the sequence of steps a piece of writing goes through before publication—typically drafting, review, revision, copyediting, and proofreading.
In publishing, the editorial process also includes acquisition, fact-checking, and layout.
The manuscript spent six months in the editorial process before reaching bookstores.
- copyeditingCorrecting written material
- blue pencilEditorial deletion tool
- fact-checkingConfirming accuracy of claims
- revisingAltering to improve
- galley proofsPreliminary printed sheets for correction
page proofs · manuscript · proofreading · commissioning · typesetting · stet · copy desk · layout design · outlining · rewriting · researching · plagiarism detection · interviewing · grammar checking · error correction · spell-checking · byline · masthead
- publishingpublishers, editors, publishing house, books, publications
- science communicationscience writing, science journalism, press releases, explainers, public talks
editorial processfirst draft
Earliest written version
rough draft · stream of consciousness · freewriting · automatic writing · brainstorming
editorial processself-publishing
Releasing work without publishers
vanity press · citizen journalism · live broadcast · user-generated content
editorial processwriting
Recorded language on surface
composition · drafting · content creation · creative writing · first draft