I’d learned to think like an editor.īefore you delve into editing, think about what it takes to be a good editor. I knew what kind of gigs to look for, and I had the experience to back it up. Once I was doing the work daily, finding freelance editing gigs was easier. My editing career truly began when I applied for an open editing position at The Penny Hoarder and passed the editing test with a couple years’ more knowledge of the process. Work like this gave me experience working with other people’s writing, a good stepping stone to becoming an editor. In that role, I took on additional tasks, including coordinating syndicated blog posts and working with our social media team on graphics. In 2015, I started as a staff writer with The Penny Hoarder. (Hint: They make the writing in editing tests really bad on purpose. Instead - laugh with me - I made a few copy edits and submitted the test with a note to the hiring manager that the piece was pretty much unfixable. In retrospect, I realize I was missing a huge skill: the ability to ask the right questions to guide a writer to improve the piece. After an editing test, I didn’t get a call back, even though I thought I’d done well.
And I was thinking like a writer.Īt one point, I applied for a staff editor position with a blogger I knew well. (Holy creativity, fiction writers! Kudos.)Įarly on, my freelance editing work was sparse and low-paying, because, no skills. Over time, I realized my editing skills even outshine my writing skills I’m more adept at perfecting existing content than producing something of my own from scratch.
Working on these hobby projects (for free, because I had no actual editing skills) helped me see how much I enjoyed working with others’ writing.
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