Story Dictionary: The Writing Life, Defined
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A

author: a published writer

C

Copy-editing: the stage where someone (or more than one person) at the publisher reads through your manuscript to check for errors before publication. The person who does this job is the copy editor.

M

manuscript: your written short story, novella, or novel, whether handwritten or on the computer
MS: short for manuscript

P

Pass Pages: the proofs (sample pages) that are made up after copy-editing. These pages are printed out to look like the individual pages of the book.