Developmental Fiction Editing
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 […]
A while back, I watched a great webinar on website design by Gill Andrews. I ended up buying her book, which has bite-sized chapters which get straight to the point. One thing she made me do was to remove the social media icons at the top of my website. And I’m here to tell you: […]