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What Kind of Editing Do You Need?

My editor helped me tighten my story outline. My editor strengthened my memoir’s narrative. My editor caught that I’d used the phrase

The answer is in most of the manuscripts that cross my desk, the ones that were written without editorial input or guidance.

The answer, as with most things, is that it depends. Kazuo Ishiguro wrote The Remains of the Day in four weeks. Arthur

Dialogue is a key component of fiction, narrative nonfiction, and memoir writing. Done well, it captures the reader’s imagination and immerses them

You’re not writing your autobiography. That’s because an autobiography is a chronological story of one’s entire life to date, and most of

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” The late novelist Terry Pratchett is one of many writers who’ve said

It’s a grey, blustery day in Montreal, and it’s got me thinking about the long winter ahead. Vermont winters can last six

So you’ve been writing and writing, and at this point, you want to throw your manuscript – or maybe even your entire

Writing is like a sport. If you don’t practice, you don’t get any better. Rick Riordan We were all taught how to

Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings. ~ Stephen King Few

Some writers can’t get started. Some writers can’t finish. There are different ways to overcome either challenge, but there’s one that addresses