Every published author works with an editor. You are not above that. It is not cheating, it is how writing gets good.
- DIY keeps the voice yours, which matters more than people think - The problem is blindness: you cannot see your own cliches because they feel natural to you - A good editor finds the repeated paragraph, the flat opening, the humblebrag that lands sideways - What no editor can do is invent a better story from thin air, polish does not create substance - Order matters: draft yourself, revise twice, run a free checker, then pay a human for draft four
Draft one is for you, draft four is for them. If you are stuck on draft one, SOPCraft gives you a tailored draft for two programs for $4.99 which you then make fully yours. Smart move.