Way back in June 2018, I wrote a blog article about developmental edits. I have just read it for the first time since I published it and it’s held up well. In December 2021, I wrote an article for my blog defining five levels of editing: developmental, substantive, line, copy, and proofreading. Even though I have defined a developmental edit in two other articles I’ve written, I have a few new insights I want to share. What is a Developmental Edit? Developmental edits are oft