What I Do
'Nobody knows anything' - William Goldman
Developmental editing. Editorial assessment. Structural editing. Copy editing. Proofreading. Fact-checking. Formatting. Blurb and synopsis writing.
I've added a handy summary of what these all mean on the TECHNICAL TERMS page.
But what do I actually do? For a start, I don't waste your time. I'm a writer, down to my core. So, I'll show you how to smooth out your writing and refine delivery, dialogue, characterisation and anything else bogging down your manuscript. I'll also 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 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 help you put together an effective proposal/synopsis/covering letter as part of my service. 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 assist 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).
Developmental editing. Editorial assessment. Structural editing. Copy editing. Proofreading. Fact-checking. Formatting. Blurb and synopsis writing.
I've added a handy summary of what these all mean on the TECHNICAL TERMS page.
But what do I actually do? For a start, I don't waste your time. I'm a writer, down to my core. So, I'll show you how to smooth out your writing and refine delivery, dialogue, characterisation and anything else bogging down your manuscript. I'll also 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 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 help you put together an effective proposal/synopsis/covering letter as part of my service. 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 assist 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).