Elyon was lazing around and procrastinating in the Writer"s Discord Chatroom because he ran out of ideas on how to proceed in his novel. Since the conversations in the chatroom are very random, he might find a topic that might help him get out of his writer"s block.Kenneth_the_gamer: I"m just wondering if any one of you are authors?
WWFire: What a question.
Elyon: No one is an author here.
Kenneth_the_game: Hahaha kinda stupid.
Sha_gufta: Great question!
xw.a.n.gan: What"s an author? Can I eat one?
WWFire: We"re just writing hobbyist.
Elyon: @kenneth_the_gamer Welcome to the server. Btw, if you"re new there"s just a few things that I need to tell you in advance. Don"t approach Alisoin, she has sparklers. Don"t approach nocti, she sings and throws sparklers too.
WWFire: Elyon is a bot btw... *derp emoticon*
Kenneth_the_gamer: Nah... I"m not new @Elyon (LBW).
Alison35: @Elyon (LBW) *sparkle emoticon* Thanks for the introduction It"s Alison.
Elyon: Yes. You are Alision.
Alison35: Elyon! It"s Alison not Alision.
Elyon: Yes yes Alision. I heard you the first time.
Alison35: Alison -_-
Elyon: Alright Alison lmao!
Alison35: *sparkle emoticon*
[A/N: Alison35 has many nicknames in the discord chat and one of them is sparkly lady. The reason? She likes to use the sparkle emoticon.]
Kenneth_the_gamer: Need editor!! Whoooo!?
Murakami_Takai: I volunteer namake as editor.
kenneth_the_gamer: It"s just a fanfic though.
Sha_gufta: Editor yes! Namake Is an editor?
Kenneth_the_gamer: Seriously i need some editors here...is there no one?
Elyon: If you can pay them maybe.
Sha_gufta: I think editors are on vacations.
Kenneth_the_gamer: Haist... i"m sorry but i"m broke also hahaha…
Sha_gufta: Of course I am going to pay for this hard work.
Murakami_Takai: Hmm… by editing you mean combing through and correcting errors?
Elyon: I know three people that fits the bill. One is a shota, the other is a dude, the third is a cross between a dude and a dudess. So take your pick.
[A/N: I know you guys are going to ask me who it is. Sorry to disappoint you, but my lips are sealed!]
Murakami_Takai: And the fourth person is me!
Sha_gufta: What an introduction.
Elyon: Yes. It is the wisdom I gained in the few days that I"ve been in this server.
Sha_gufta: @Murakami_Takai fourth editor.
kenneth_the_gamer: Just wow! Hahaha.
Elyon: Well, anyways if you want an editor… there are a few here that have a good grasp of the English language and your wallet.
Murakami_Takai: Mostly the wallet part.
Elyon: So if you don"t mind them grasping your wallet then by all means.
Sha_gufta: …
Murakami_Takai: Yeah, let me just lighten the burden on your coinpurse.
Kenneth_the_gamer: Nah... sorry for intruding anyways.
[A/N: Getting an editor to edit your novel is a great way to make it more presentable to the readers. This is especially true if you"re not that confident in your grammar, spelling and sentence structure. There are many kinds of editors who specialize in different editing styles.]
Murakami_Takai: But yeah, there are a few people with good English skills. Me included. Kek!
Elyon: *looks at the shameless advertis.e.m.e.nt in disdain*
Sha_gufta: Are you talking about yourself @Murakami_Takai
Murakami_Takai: Yes lol. *shameless boasts*
Elyon: PIF!
LordFinn: Okay Murakami edit 30 chapters for me first and let me check your skills.
Murakami_Takai: Jokes on you. Because Father"s Day in Australia is 1st Sept.
Elyon: oof
LordFinn: Eww grammar. My Ingrish has no mistakes.
Camsyy: *lamp emoticon*
[A/N: The discord chatroom is full of…unique people. We have sparkly ladies and we have the lamp lady. Why lamp lady? It"s because she mostly only use the lamp emoticon without typing anything. We also have the cookie lady…oops! Sorry Celty!]
Murakami: *lamp emoticon*
WWFire: When the girls start a sparkpolution, the guys can start lampolution… *lamp emoticon*
Elyon watched as the chatroom descended to lamp oblivion. With nothing else to do he dragged Murakami (A.K.A Mr.Wikipedia) in a private discussion about editors.
"So you want to know more about Editors eh?" Murakami looked at Elyon with a smug face.
"Yes, of course. I want to understand the difference between them." Elyon rolled his eyes at him.
"Very well. Allow me to tell you their differences." Murakami put on his teaching gla.s.ses and gestured for Elyon to sit.
Elyon sat like a good student and waited for Mr. Wikipedia"s explanation.
"There are three types of editors. They are content, line, and copyeditor (content=developmental)." Mr.Wikipedia pushed the tip of his gla.s.ses to make himself look more professional looking.
Elyon nodded to indicate that he was listening.
"So content editors look at storyline, pace, plot, characters, everything to do with the actual novel." Murakami walked for a bit then paused.
"They make suggestions on what scenes to include. Story structure, setting, presentation and marketability. The last two are kinda useless for WN." Murakami narrowed his eyes.
"Sensei! Please elaborate the other two as well." Elyon smiled at Mr.Wikipedia.
Mr. Wikipedia nodded his head and fixed his gla.s.ses in place.
"Then line editors…they work on individual lines. So we"re talking about flow of sentences, words, transitions, tone, and style." Murakami crossed his hands on his chest.
"Sensei! When you say lines are we talking about dialogue?" Elyon raised his hand as he asked his question.
"They fix verbosity and redundancy. Basically, they literally check "line per line"." Murakami smirked because it was rare for Elyon to be this serious about a certain topic.
"Pif! You and your smug face." Elyon rolled his eyes at Mr.Wikipedia.
"Editors will look at the ma.n.u.script using a holistic methodology with a review of key aspects of the ma.n.u.script: the narrative, vocabulary, structure, characterization, style, and development. So, content editing usually includes copy-editing." Mr.Wikipedia looked at Elyon approvingly.
"Basically, line editors focus on the structure, tone and style of the book. Content editors focus on the content. Copy editors, on the other hand, only fix up grammar and consistency issues." Wikipedia sensei ended the lesson and Elyon was able to learn more about the different type of editors.
"How about you edit my novel?" Elyon coughed and looked at Mr.Wikipedia.
Mr.Wikipedia merely smiled and said "Sure, but you have to pay."
Elyon helplessly shook his head and decided to use underhanded methods to make Mr.Wikipedia edit his novel in the future.
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Author"s Thoughts
I would like to thank Mr.Wikipedia for taking the time to explain the different kind of Editors to yours truly. I know that getting an editor is not an easy thing to do. Hopefully some of your avid readers won"t be able to take your writing and volunteer to edit your chapters for you.
If any of you handsome gents and beautiful ladies out there can"t stomach my poor writing, feel free to volunteer and edit my chapters! I won"t stop you! In fact, I"d be delighted for your help! The only requirement is that the editor must have some sense of humor.
*Looks at Mr.Wikipedia*
Yeah...someone with a sense of humor.
See you in the next chapters! (￣▽￣)ノ