What I Do
'Nobody knows anything' - William Goldman
What do I do? For a start, I don't waste your time. Any brainy mate can check your spelling and grammar. So can Microsoft Word.
Like any experienced editor, I can go through your manuscript, line by line, suggesting multiple changes. However, this method can make you lose the will to live and never want to write again. And, to be honest, it's often just tinkering, rather than fixing the real issues.
I'm a writer, down to my core. So I'll make general (even sweeping) recommendations on how to improve the whole work. I might be brutal. Suggest plot changes and entirely new avenues. But I'm also acutely aware that this is your baby, which you worked bloody hard at. That nobody stands out by slavishly following guidelines or advice and all analysis is subjective.
I'll also help you put together an effective proposal/synopsis/covering letter. You may have penned a masterpiece but you'll still have to convince agents and publishers to actually read it. If you're self publishing, I'll help with the descriptive blurb (just as essential).
If you're writing an essay, dissertation or short story, I can polish it up and rescue it from dryness, bombast or repetition. I repeat. No repetition.
For twenty years, I've endured a constant struggle to balance what I wanted to write with what others wanted to publish. Most times I won. But not always. So I know how heartbreaking and frustrating the process can be. But I'm on your side.
I am the Green Light.
(Cue literary superhero fanfare, which probably sounds like a laptop being thrown against the wall).
What do I do? For a start, I don't waste your time. Any brainy mate can check your spelling and grammar. So can Microsoft Word.
Like any experienced editor, I can go through your manuscript, line by line, suggesting multiple changes. However, this method can make you lose the will to live and never want to write again. And, to be honest, it's often just tinkering, rather than fixing the real issues.
I'm a writer, down to my core. So I'll make general (even sweeping) recommendations on how to improve the whole work. I might be brutal. Suggest plot changes and entirely new avenues. But I'm also acutely aware that this is your baby, which you worked bloody hard at. That nobody stands out by slavishly following guidelines or advice and all analysis is subjective.
I'll also help you put together an effective proposal/synopsis/covering letter. You may have penned a masterpiece but you'll still have to convince agents and publishers to actually read it. If you're self publishing, I'll help with the descriptive blurb (just as essential).
If you're writing an essay, dissertation or short story, I can polish it up and rescue it from dryness, bombast or repetition. I repeat. No repetition.
For twenty years, I've endured a constant struggle to balance what I wanted to write with what others wanted to publish. Most times I won. But not always. So I know how heartbreaking and frustrating the process can be. But I'm on your side.
I am the Green Light.
(Cue literary superhero fanfare, which probably sounds like a laptop being thrown against the wall).