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Line and Copy-Editing. Fixing grammar, punctuation and spelling errors, and improving clarity and voice. Learn more. I’ve worked with other editors in the past but none as thorough, patient or supportive as Sophie. She made my work better and in the process made me a better writer. I simply couldn’t recommend her highly enough. ABOUT | LIMINAL PAGESSEE MORE ON LIMINALPAGES.COM TEA AND COMMAS: THE FOUNDATIONS OF LINE AND COPY-EDITING Line editing looks at the flow and artistry of the sentences. Copy-editing looks at the mechanics. Proofreading is the final check. A proofreader works on typeset (designed) pages and checks that there are no lingering mistakes after the editing and typesetting process. Line and copy-editors work with text files, usually in Microsoft Word. HOW TO AVOID STARTING SENTENCES WITH I Simple, complete sentences can be made of a single clause – and the minimum requirement for a clause is a subject and a verb. If your sentence contains more than one clause, you can often shuffle them around so the clause that starts with ‘I’ is not at the start of the sentence. So ‘I ordered the rocky road because marshmallows arethe
TOO MUCH INFORMATION Unlike watching TV or a film, where you’re essentially a passive observer, books are able to engage the mind in a different way. With a book, the reader can pause, reflect, study and interpret. If you over-explain in your writing, you’re robbing your readers of the pleasure of using their brains to work things out. But I sympathise. HOW TO BECOME A DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR OF FICTION To become a developmental editor of fiction, you first need to learn your craft, then set up your business, then find clients. If that sounds like a lot of work, it’s because it is! There are obviously a lot more steps for each of those stages. But with a clear path, you can make a plan of action and be well on your way to becoming a WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD PROFESSIONAL EDITING Pay for what you can. If you can’t afford to have your whole manuscript edited, pay to have a smaller section edited instead. Talk to your editor. They’ll be able to give you the best value for your budget. For example, perhaps you could pay to have 10,000 words edited, and have your editor provide extensive notes on what they’vedone and
HOW TO USE SEMICOLONS IN FICTION 1. Use a semicolon to divide two closely related sentences. Butcher’s Copyediting, the Penguin Guide to Punctuation and New Hart’s Rules all say the same thing about semicolons: ‘It divides two or more main clauses that are closely related or parallel to each other, and that could stand as sentences in their own right.’. ( NewHart’s
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Line and Copy-Editing. Fixing grammar, punctuation and spelling errors, and improving clarity and voice. Learn more. I’ve worked with other editors in the past but none as thorough, patient or supportive as Sophie. She made my work better and in the process made me a better writer. I simply couldn’t recommend her highly enough. ABOUT | LIMINAL PAGESSEE MORE ON LIMINALPAGES.COM TEA AND COMMAS: THE FOUNDATIONS OF LINE AND COPY-EDITING Line editing looks at the flow and artistry of the sentences. Copy-editing looks at the mechanics. Proofreading is the final check. A proofreader works on typeset (designed) pages and checks that there are no lingering mistakes after the editing and typesetting process. Line and copy-editors work with text files, usually in Microsoft Word. HOW TO AVOID STARTING SENTENCES WITH I Simple, complete sentences can be made of a single clause – and the minimum requirement for a clause is a subject and a verb. If your sentence contains more than one clause, you can often shuffle them around so the clause that starts with ‘I’ is not at the start of the sentence. So ‘I ordered the rocky road because marshmallows arethe
TOO MUCH INFORMATION Unlike watching TV or a film, where you’re essentially a passive observer, books are able to engage the mind in a different way. With a book, the reader can pause, reflect, study and interpret. If you over-explain in your writing, you’re robbing your readers of the pleasure of using their brains to work things out. But I sympathise. HOW TO BECOME A DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR OF FICTION To become a developmental editor of fiction, you first need to learn your craft, then set up your business, then find clients. If that sounds like a lot of work, it’s because it is! There are obviously a lot more steps for each of those stages. But with a clear path, you can make a plan of action and be well on your way to becoming a WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD PROFESSIONAL EDITING Pay for what you can. If you can’t afford to have your whole manuscript edited, pay to have a smaller section edited instead. Talk to your editor. They’ll be able to give you the best value for your budget. For example, perhaps you could pay to have 10,000 words edited, and have your editor provide extensive notes on what they’vedone and
HOW TO USE SEMICOLONS IN FICTION 1. Use a semicolon to divide two closely related sentences. Butcher’s Copyediting, the Penguin Guide to Punctuation and New Hart’s Rules all say the same thing about semicolons: ‘It divides two or more main clauses that are closely related or parallel to each other, and that could stand as sentences in their own right.’. ( NewHart’s
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Log in to access the course: Email Address. Password TEA AND COMMAS: THE FOUNDATIONS OF LINE AND COPY-EDITING Line editing looks at the flow and artistry of the sentences. Copy-editing looks at the mechanics. Proofreading is the final check. A proofreader works on typeset (designed) pages and checks that there are no lingering mistakes after the editing and typesetting process. Line and copy-editors work with text files, usually in Microsoft Word. DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING: FICTION THEORY Developmental editing is the first part of the editing process. It comes before the copy-editing stage (where you focus on the writing at the sentence level) and it definitely comes before the proofreading stage (which is the final polish before publication). A developmental editor looks at the story as a whole and figures out how it could be THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF EDITING A NOVEL The Different Stages of Editing a Novel. It may surprise you to discover there are three stages of editing that a novel should go through before publication. The first looks at the big-picture, foundational elements (such as story, plot, characterisation, marketability, pacing, voice, etc.). The second level looks at the sentences and paragraphs. HOW MUCH DESCRIPTION SHOULD MY NOVEL HAVE? Description is the seasoning that flavours a story. It’s the smattering of details that prevents your novel feeling bland. In the same way that just the right amount of carefully selected herbs and spices can bring a dish to life, the right amount of carefully selected descriptive detail can bring your novel to life. HOW TO WRITE A QUERY LETTER It should tell them what they need to know – which is not necessarily what you want to tell them. 3. Keep it focussed, friendly and short. Don’t try too hard to impress, otherwise your letter could seem hyperbolic and stilted. Instead, write as if you’re writing to a friend, matching the tone of your book. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OMNISCIENT AND THIRD PERSON Whether you’re a writer or an editor, it’s sometimes easy to get confused between omniscient and third person narration. Omniscient narration, especially, is hard to identify because it’s hard to write – so if you’re dealing with a manuscript-in-progress, the THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHORT STORY AND NOVEL WRITING The biggest difference between a short story and a novel, though, is how deep the writing goes. Novels have the room to contain a deeper exploration of a larger number of characters, details, thoughts, and so on, and can more easily hold multiple points of view. When I say novels contain more depth, I don’t mean they have more meaning. HOW TO WRITE ALTERNATIVE HISTORY As the name suggests, alternative history is a literary genre in which authors get to rewrite the events of the past. In alternative reality, the present, the never-was and the future are the subject of speculation. The two strands are distinct (more on this shortly), but both share some common ingredients. Science fiction fan writer StevenH
HOW TO USE ‘THE HERO’S JOURNEY’ TO STRUCTURE YOUR NOVEL The hero’s journey is a story structure identified by the American writer and scholar of mythology Joseph Campbell. And it can be a really great framework for novel writing. In his 1949 book The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Campbell claimed that the hero’s journey is the natural basis of all stories – be they jokes, fairy tales,folklore
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Line and Copy-Editing. Fixing grammar, punctuation and spelling errors, and improving clarity and voice. Learn more. I’ve worked with other editors in the past but none as thorough, patient or supportive as Sophie. She made my work better and in the process made me a better writer. I simply couldn’t recommend her highly enough. ABOUT | LIMINAL PAGESSEE MORE ON LIMINALPAGES.COM TEA AND COMMAS: THE FOUNDATIONS OF LINE AND COPY-EDITING Line editing looks at the flow and artistry of the sentences. Copy-editing looks at the mechanics. Proofreading is the final check. A proofreader works on typeset (designed) pages and checks that there are no lingering mistakes after the editing and typesetting process. Line and copy-editors work with text files, usually in Microsoft Word. HOW TO BECOME A DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR OF FICTION To become a developmental editor of fiction, you first need to learn your craft, then set up your business, then find clients. If that sounds like a lot of work, it’s because it is! There are obviously a lot more steps for each of those stages. But with a clear path, you can make a plan of action and be well on your way to becoming a WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD PROFESSIONAL EDITING Pay for what you can. If you can’t afford to have your whole manuscript edited, pay to have a smaller section edited instead. Talk to your editor. They’ll be able to give you the best value for your budget. For example, perhaps you could pay to have 10,000 words edited, and have your editor provide extensive notes on what they’vedone and
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Line and Copy-Editing. Fixing grammar, punctuation and spelling errors, and improving clarity and voice. Learn more. I’ve worked with other editors in the past but none as thorough, patient or supportive as Sophie. She made my work better and in the process made me a better writer. I simply couldn’t recommend her highly enough. ABOUT | LIMINAL PAGESSEE MORE ON LIMINALPAGES.COM TEA AND COMMAS: THE FOUNDATIONS OF LINE AND COPY-EDITING Line editing looks at the flow and artistry of the sentences. Copy-editing looks at the mechanics. Proofreading is the final check. A proofreader works on typeset (designed) pages and checks that there are no lingering mistakes after the editing and typesetting process. Line and copy-editors work with text files, usually in Microsoft Word. HOW TO BECOME A DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR OF FICTION To become a developmental editor of fiction, you first need to learn your craft, then set up your business, then find clients. If that sounds like a lot of work, it’s because it is! There are obviously a lot more steps for each of those stages. But with a clear path, you can make a plan of action and be well on your way to becoming a WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD PROFESSIONAL EDITING Pay for what you can. If you can’t afford to have your whole manuscript edited, pay to have a smaller section edited instead. Talk to your editor. They’ll be able to give you the best value for your budget. For example, perhaps you could pay to have 10,000 words edited, and have your editor provide extensive notes on what they’vedone and
HOW MUCH DESCRIPTION SHOULD MY NOVEL HAVE? Description is the seasoning that flavours a story. It’s the smattering of details that prevents your novel feeling bland. In the same way that just the right amount of carefully selected herbs and spices can bring a dish to life, the right amount of carefully selected descriptive detail can bring your novel to life. HOW TO AVOID STARTING SENTENCES WITH I Simple, complete sentences can be made of a single clause – and the minimum requirement for a clause is a subject and a verb. If your sentence contains more than one clause, you can often shuffle them around so the clause that starts with ‘I’ is not at the start of the sentence. So ‘I ordered the rocky road because marshmallows arethe
HOW TO WRITE A QUERY LETTER It should tell them what they need to know – which is not necessarily what you want to tell them. 3. Keep it focussed, friendly and short. Don’t try too hard to impress, otherwise your letter could seem hyperbolic and stilted. Instead, write as if you’re writing to a friend, matching the tone of your book. HOW MUCH TRAINING DOES A FICTION EDITOR NEED?THE VISIBLE EDITOR
Log in to access the course: Email Address. Password HOW TO WRITE A QUERY LETTER It should tell them what they need to know – which is not necessarily what you want to tell them. 3. Keep it focussed, friendly and short. Don’t try too hard to impress, otherwise your letter could seem hyperbolic and stilted. Instead, write as if you’re writing to a friend, matching the tone of your book. TOO MUCH INFORMATION Unlike watching TV or a film, where you’re essentially a passive observer, books are able to engage the mind in a different way. With a book, the reader can pause, reflect, study and interpret. If you over-explain in your writing, you’re robbing your readers of the pleasure of using their brains to work things out. But I sympathise. LINE AND COPY-EDITING Line and Copy-Editing. Making sure your novel meets high editorial standards, for professional publishing. For publishers (and occasionally self-publishing authors) – I will check your manuscript for errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling before it’s published. As well as that, I make sure readers don’t stumble overawkward sentences
HOW TO WRITE SURREALIST FICTION Most of us are familiar with surrealist images like Salvador Dali’s Three Sphinxes of Bikini, but even though surrealism was – and still is – an important influence on literature, you might find it challenging to write in this genre.. Surrealism began life as a cultural movement after the end of World War I. It was an attempt to overthrow the then-dominant forces of rationality, which HOW TO WRITE A SYNOPSIS A synopsis is a one-page summary of your novel, used to demonstrate your story-crafting skills to a literary agent (or publisher). Most publishers don’t accept manuscript submissions directly from authors, so if you’d like to follow the traditional route to HOW TO WRITE ALTERNATIVE HISTORY As the name suggests, alternative history is a literary genre in which authors get to rewrite the events of the past. In alternative reality, the present, the never-was and the future are the subject of speculation. The two strands are distinct (more on this shortly), but both share some common ingredients. Science fiction fan writer StevenH
HOW TO USE SEMICOLONS IN FICTION 1. Use a semicolon to divide two closely related sentences. Butcher’s Copyediting, the Penguin Guide to Punctuation and New Hart’s Rules all say the same thing about semicolons: ‘It divides two or more main clauses that are closely related or parallel to each other, and that could stand as sentences in their own right.’. ( NewHart’s
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OMNISCIENT AND THIRD PERSON Whether you’re a writer or an editor, it’s sometimes easy to get confused between omniscient and third person narration. Omniscient narration, especially, is hard to identify because it’s hard to write – so if you’re dealing with a manuscript-in-progress, the HOW MANY SUBMISSIONS DO LITERARY AGENTS RECEIVE? The Writers and Artists website has a great series of interviews with literary agents. From these, I’ve pulled out the following submissions numbers: Clare Wallace, Darley Anderson Agency. Submissions per week: 300+. Submissions per year: 15,000+. Most common mistake writers make: ‘Submitting too early, before the submissionreally is the
HOW MUCH TRAINING DOES A FICTION EDITOR NEED? 24th January 2017 Sophie Playle. The purpose of training is twofold: to make sure your skills are up to scratch and to demonstrate to potential clients that you know your stuff. This is a controversial statement, but I believe the amount of training a fiction editor needs depends very much on what service the editor wants to offer, what kindof
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Between writing a manuscript and publishing a novel, all authors benefit from a helping hand. Whether you’re an author looking for guidance on how to best revise your draft or a publisher looking for a qualified and meticulous copy-editor, it’s my job to help you bring better books into the world. ABOUT | LIMINAL PAGESSEE MORE ON LIMINALPAGES.COM HOW TO BECOME A DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR OF FICTION Developmental editors work with authors to help them improve (develop) their stories and the techniques they use to tell those stories. An author works with a developmental editor after they’ve written their novel to the best of their abilities in order to get professional, objective guidance on how they can make their novel even better. HOW TO AVOID STARTING SENTENCES WITH I Sophie Playle is a professional fiction editor. She specialises in developmental editing, critiquing and copy-editing, and loves working with authors and publishers who are passionate about high-qualitystorytelling.
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Between writing a manuscript and publishing a novel, all authors benefit from a helping hand. Whether you’re an author looking for guidance on how to best revise your draft or a publisher looking for a qualified and meticulous copy-editor, it’s my job to help you bring better books into the world. ABOUT | LIMINAL PAGESSEE MORE ON LIMINALPAGES.COM HOW TO BECOME A DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR OF FICTION Developmental editors work with authors to help them improve (develop) their stories and the techniques they use to tell those stories. An author works with a developmental editor after they’ve written their novel to the best of their abilities in order to get professional, objective guidance on how they can make their novel even better. HOW TO AVOID STARTING SENTENCES WITH I Sophie Playle is a professional fiction editor. She specialises in developmental editing, critiquing and copy-editing, and loves working with authors and publishers who are passionate about high-qualitystorytelling.
TOO MUCH INFORMATION Sophie Playle is a professional fiction editor. She specialises in developmental editing, critiquing and copy-editing, and loves working with authors and publishers who are passionate about high-qualitystorytelling.
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Log in to access the course: Email Address. Password THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHORT STORY AND NOVEL WRITING Many writers start with short stories before they move onto novel writing. Short stories are great to start with because they take less time to write and usually require a less complicated structure, letting you develop your storytelling skills in a more manageable way. TEA AND COMMAS: THE FOUNDATIONS OF LINE AND COPY-EDITING Sentence-level editing is all about fixing spelling and grammar, right? Actually, that’s only scratching the surface. In this course, I’ll teach you the foundations of what you need to know to become a HOW TO WRITE POWERFUL METAPHORS Metaphors are powerful weapons in your writing arsenal. (See what I did there? That was a metaphor.) A thoughtfully written metaphor used in just the right place will help you create vivid, original prose – the kind that makes readers sigh in blissful appreciation. THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF EDITING A NOVEL It may surprise you to discover there are three stages of editing that a novel should go through before publication.. The first looks at the big-picture, foundational elements (such as story, plot, characterisation, marketability, pacing, voice, etc.). HOW TO WRITE A QUERY LETTER If you’re an author of fiction and want to follow the traditional route to publication, you’re probably going to need a literary agent. A query letter (also known as a pitch letter or cover letter) is one of three things you need when trying to persuade an agent tosign you.
HOW TO WRITE A SUPERHERO STORY Sophie Playle is a professional fiction editor. She specialises in developmental editing, critiquing and copy-editing, and loves working with authors and publishers who are passionate about high-qualitystorytelling.
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHORT STORY AND NOVEL WRITING Many writers start with short stories before they move onto novel writing. Short stories are great to start with because they take less time to write and usually require a less complicated structure, letting you develop your storytelling skills in a more manageable way. HOW TO WRITE ALTERNATIVE HISTORY Sophie Playle is a professional fiction editor. She specialises in developmental editing, critiquing and copy-editing, and loves working with authors and publishers who are passionate about high-qualitystorytelling.
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OMNISCIENT AND THIRD PERSON Whether you’re a writer or an editor, it’s sometimes easy to get confused between omniscient and third person narration. Omniscient narration, especially, is hard to identify because it’s hard to write – so if you’re dealing with a manuscript-in-progress, the HOW TO USE TRACK CHANGES WHEN WORKING WITH AN EDITOR Sophie Playle is a professional fiction editor. She specialises in developmental editing, critiquing and copy-editing, and loves working with authors and publishers who are passionate about high-qualitystorytelling.
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Line and Copy-Editing. Fixing grammar, punctuation and spelling errors, and improving clarity and voice. Learn more. I’ve worked with other editors in the past but none as thorough, patient or supportive as Sophie. She made my work better and in the process made me a better writer. I simply couldn’t recommend her highly enough. ABOUT | LIMINAL PAGESSEE MORE ON LIMINALPAGES.COM TOO MUCH INFORMATION Unlike watching TV or a film, where you’re essentially a passive observer, books are able to engage the mind in a different way. With a book, the reader can pause, reflect, study and interpret. If you over-explain in your writing, you’re robbing your readers of the pleasure of using their brains to work things out. But I sympathise. HOW TO BECOME A DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR OF FICTION To become a developmental editor of fiction, you first need to learn your craft, then set up your business, then find clients. If that sounds like a lot of work, it’s because it is! There are obviously a lot more steps for each of those stages. But with a clear path, you can make a plan of action and be well on your way to becoming a HOW TO AVOID STARTING SENTENCES WITH I Simple, complete sentences can be made of a single clause – and the minimum requirement for a clause is a subject and a verb. If your sentence contains more than one clause, you can often shuffle them around so the clause that starts with ‘I’ is not at the start of the sentence. So ‘I ordered the rocky road because marshmallows arethe
HOW MUCH DESCRIPTION SHOULD MY NOVEL HAVE? Description is the seasoning that flavours a story. It’s the smattering of details that prevents your novel feeling bland. In the same way that just the right amount of carefully selected herbs and spices can bring a dish to life, the right amount of carefully selected descriptive detail can bring your novel to life. HOW TO WRITE POWERFUL METAPHORS The words ‘like’ or ‘as’ are used. A metaphor, on the other hand, tells us something is something else. It implies a much stronger connection and can therefore be more powerful. ‘Love is like a thorny rose’ is a simile. ‘Love is a thorny rose’ is a metaphor. ‘Her skin was as white as snow’ is a simile. WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD PROFESSIONAL EDITING Pay for what you can. If you can’t afford to have your whole manuscript edited, pay to have a smaller section edited instead. Talk to your editor. They’ll be able to give you the best value for your budget. For example, perhaps you could pay to have 10,000 words edited, and have your editor provide extensive notes on what they’vedone and
HOW TO USE SEMICOLONS IN FICTION 1. Use a semicolon to divide two closely related sentences. Butcher’s Copyediting, the Penguin Guide to Punctuation and New Hart’s Rules all say the same thing about semicolons: ‘It divides two or more main clauses that are closely related or parallel to each other, and that could stand as sentences in their own right.’. ( NewHart’s
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Line and Copy-Editing. Fixing grammar, punctuation and spelling errors, and improving clarity and voice. Learn more. I’ve worked with other editors in the past but none as thorough, patient or supportive as Sophie. She made my work better and in the process made me a better writer. I simply couldn’t recommend her highly enough. ABOUT | LIMINAL PAGESSEE MORE ON LIMINALPAGES.COM TOO MUCH INFORMATION Unlike watching TV or a film, where you’re essentially a passive observer, books are able to engage the mind in a different way. With a book, the reader can pause, reflect, study and interpret. If you over-explain in your writing, you’re robbing your readers of the pleasure of using their brains to work things out. But I sympathise. HOW TO BECOME A DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR OF FICTION To become a developmental editor of fiction, you first need to learn your craft, then set up your business, then find clients. If that sounds like a lot of work, it’s because it is! There are obviously a lot more steps for each of those stages. But with a clear path, you can make a plan of action and be well on your way to becoming a HOW TO AVOID STARTING SENTENCES WITH I Simple, complete sentences can be made of a single clause – and the minimum requirement for a clause is a subject and a verb. If your sentence contains more than one clause, you can often shuffle them around so the clause that starts with ‘I’ is not at the start of the sentence. So ‘I ordered the rocky road because marshmallows arethe
HOW MUCH DESCRIPTION SHOULD MY NOVEL HAVE? Description is the seasoning that flavours a story. It’s the smattering of details that prevents your novel feeling bland. In the same way that just the right amount of carefully selected herbs and spices can bring a dish to life, the right amount of carefully selected descriptive detail can bring your novel to life. HOW TO WRITE POWERFUL METAPHORS The words ‘like’ or ‘as’ are used. A metaphor, on the other hand, tells us something is something else. It implies a much stronger connection and can therefore be more powerful. ‘Love is like a thorny rose’ is a simile. ‘Love is a thorny rose’ is a metaphor. ‘Her skin was as white as snow’ is a simile. WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD PROFESSIONAL EDITING Pay for what you can. If you can’t afford to have your whole manuscript edited, pay to have a smaller section edited instead. Talk to your editor. They’ll be able to give you the best value for your budget. For example, perhaps you could pay to have 10,000 words edited, and have your editor provide extensive notes on what they’vedone and
HOW TO USE SEMICOLONS IN FICTION 1. Use a semicolon to divide two closely related sentences. Butcher’s Copyediting, the Penguin Guide to Punctuation and New Hart’s Rules all say the same thing about semicolons: ‘It divides two or more main clauses that are closely related or parallel to each other, and that could stand as sentences in their own right.’. ( NewHart’s
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHORT STORY AND NOVEL WRITING The biggest difference between a short story and a novel, though, is how deep the writing goes. Novels have the room to contain a deeper exploration of a larger number of characters, details, thoughts, and so on, and can more easily hold multiple points of view. When I say novels contain more depth, I don’t mean they have more meaning. FICTION EDITING SERVICES Portfolio. I’ve edited 100+ manuscripts since becoming an editor in 2011, working with both self-publishing authors and publishing houses. Here are just a handful of books I’ve worked on. For each, I’ve either provided creative guidance or sentence-level editing (or both). Tony Faggioli – One Plus One. Lorna Reid – Darkwalkers. TEA AND COMMAS: THE FOUNDATIONS OF LINE AND COPY-EDITING Line editing looks at the flow and artistry of the sentences. Copy-editing looks at the mechanics. Proofreading is the final check. A proofreader works on typeset (designed) pages and checks that there are no lingering mistakes after the editing and typesetting process. Line and copy-editors work with text files, usually in Microsoft Word. HOW TO WRITE POWERFUL METAPHORS The words ‘like’ or ‘as’ are used. A metaphor, on the other hand, tells us something is something else. It implies a much stronger connection and can therefore be more powerful. ‘Love is like a thorny rose’ is a simile. ‘Love is a thorny rose’ is a metaphor. ‘Her skin was as white as snow’ is a simile. HOW TO WRITE A QUERY LETTER It should tell them what they need to know – which is not necessarily what you want to tell them. 3. Keep it focussed, friendly and short. Don’t try too hard to impress, otherwise your letter could seem hyperbolic and stilted. Instead, write as if you’re writing to a friend, matching the tone of your book. THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF EDITING A NOVEL The Different Stages of Editing a Novel. It may surprise you to discover there are three stages of editing that a novel should go through before publication. The first looks at the big-picture, foundational elements (such as story, plot, characterisation, marketability, pacing, voice, etc.). The second level looks at the sentences and paragraphs. HOW I FEEL ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA Social media provides a platform for people who may find themselves shut out of traditional media. If you have something to say, social media helps get your message out. That’s hugely important, and definitely a good thing. In the book world, social media can help authors connect with and build a HOW TO USE SEMICOLONS IN FICTION 1. Use a semicolon to divide two closely related sentences. Butcher’s Copyediting, the Penguin Guide to Punctuation and New Hart’s Rules all say the same thing about semicolons: ‘It divides two or more main clauses that are closely related or parallel to each other, and that could stand as sentences in their own right.’. ( NewHart’s
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OMNISCIENT AND THIRD PERSON Whether you’re a writer or an editor, it’s sometimes easy to get confused between omniscient and third person narration. Omniscient narration, especially, is hard to identify because it’s hard to write – so if you’re dealing with a manuscript-in-progress, the HOW TO WRITE ALTERNATIVE HISTORY As the name suggests, alternative history is a literary genre in which authors get to rewrite the events of the past. In alternative reality, the present, the never-was and the future are the subject of speculation. The two strands are distinct (more on this shortly), but both share some common ingredients. Science fiction fan writer StevenH
HOW TO USE ‘THE HERO’S JOURNEY’ TO STRUCTURE YOUR NOVEL The hero’s journey is a story structure identified by the American writer and scholar of mythology Joseph Campbell. And it can be a really great framework for novel writing. In his 1949 book The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Campbell claimed that the hero’s journey is the natural basis of all stories – be they jokes, fairy tales,folklore
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