So what would be the most common issues then that you tend to find in early drafts that people might be able to sort of figure out for themselves or might decide they need extra support with?

Yeah, that's a good question.

Obviously, it strongly depends on the manuscript, on the genre that you're writing in, the type of book you're putting together, how much experience you've got as a writer already.

I think when you've maybe already written and completed a couple of manuscript drafts in the past, whether those have gone anywhere or been published or not, it doesn't really matter.

I think you really gain a lot of experience from just editing, self-editing and finishing things.

I think that's a really good place to be.

But if you're in a stage where you're thinking, okay, I've done this.

So what would you say are the main benefits of paying someone to do the developmental edit for them?