In the course of a typical developmental edit, I like to start with an initial read through of the story. No editing or commenting, just reading for fun. Often, my initial hints toward the problems in a manuscript will come from a vague sense of “wrongness.” Long before I’ve fully put on my “editor” lens, I can tell that something’s off–even if I can’t quite put my finger on why. Two more read-throughs later, and I’m able to get to the bottom of things. Almost always, the pro