It’s important to note: we recommend three rounds, because our authors go from these three rounds of edits to sending their man- uscript to us, where our scribes do a full content edit. That would be a fourth round of edits. Just know that if you want another set of eyes on your book after you finish the first three rounds, you can do that as well, and in fact, most authors do (even the ones who don’t work with us). WHEN TO STOP EDITING You’ll know you’re close to being done editing when you hate your book. I’m joking, but only a little. I’ve written seven books, and I hated every single book in editing. It usually happens somewhere around the 70-80 percent mark. When I am close enough that I could see the end, but far enough that it still felt like it would be forever to get there, I hate everything and want to quit. Now when I write a book, I know it’s coming, I can prepare for it and recognize it when it comes, and in a way, I actually welcome it. When I start hating my book, I know I’m close to being done, and I just need one more final push. Here’s what’s funny about this: by about the three-month mark after your book is released, you will have totally forgotten about this. I’m not joking at all. It reminds me of my wife and our children. Her first childbirth went well, at least as far as first births go. We had midwives and did a home birth, it took about seven hours, and everything was smooth. But if you’ve had kids, you know smooth does not mean pleasant. 170 · ThE SCriBE METhOD