Developmental Fiction Editing
When dialogue is great, it can be terrific, keeping readers or audiences on the edge of their seats. Whether it’s the verbal sparring of Bogart and Bacall, the wisecracking characters of 1930s films, or dramatic courtroom exchanges in A Few Good Men, dialogue can spark and enthrall. It’s not just true of films or plays […]
So, you’ve been working on your novel or memoir and now you’re wondering when is the best time for a developmental edit. Maybe you’re even wondering if you need a developmental edit. In fact, that is the best starting point for this topic. Let’s check your writing background and circumstances. Let’s take a look at […]
There’s a problem I’ve encountered with a number of my developmental editing clients. They paid for a copyedit or proofread of their novel or memoir and only then sent their manuscript to me. Why? I think there are a number of reasons: Writers don’t always know the correct order of editing (which I deal with […]
Here’s my gripe with some of my fellow developmental editors. Before I went anywhere near my first client, I made sure I had plenty of training. And that training was on the back of decades of giving feedback to fiction writers in writing groups. Plus reviewing for a popular Scottish website. So, when I encounter […]