This seems like a really good idea to me, happy to hear you are doing this!
I think that if many people have similar issues, it could be useful to find an assistant from UpWork or similar to help you. There are some people who are reasonably inexpensive and could provide useful writing feedback (though not EA-specific feedback). I personally would be hesitant to use much of your time, but am more willing if much were outsourced (and likely happy to pay the relevant amount.)
Iām actually in the final stages of hiring a new copyeditor for CEA; Iām hoping to find someone who Iād trust to provide some of the types of feedback I mentioned above, which will increase our theoretical maximum capacity for review.
That said, I find giving feedback to be a much smaller drain on my energy than other parts of my job, and I think that Iām well short of the point where additional editing creates more strain than it makes up for in utility. For now, Iād recommend being less hesitant! (I may edit this post if the situation changes.)
That makes me really happy. I really would like to see more experimentation and use of delegation of delegate-able tasks around EA, kudos for setting that up.
This seems like a really good idea to me, happy to hear you are doing this!
I think that if many people have similar issues, it could be useful to find an assistant from UpWork or similar to help you. There are some people who are reasonably inexpensive and could provide useful writing feedback (though not EA-specific feedback). I personally would be hesitant to use much of your time, but am more willing if much were outsourced (and likely happy to pay the relevant amount.)
Iām actually in the final stages of hiring a new copyeditor for CEA; Iām hoping to find someone who Iād trust to provide some of the types of feedback I mentioned above, which will increase our theoretical maximum capacity for review.
That said, I find giving feedback to be a much smaller drain on my energy than other parts of my job, and I think that Iām well short of the point where additional editing creates more strain than it makes up for in utility. For now, Iād recommend being less hesitant! (I may edit this post if the situation changes.)
That makes me really happy. I really would like to see more experimentation and use of delegation of delegate-able tasks around EA, kudos for setting that up.