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8th December 2020
If you require the services of a professional editor, Nicola Perry can be found at The Story Studios. She primarily works with intermediate...
Editing
Learning how to become a more objective reader of your work is a tricky skill to master. In this section on Editing, read through our articles offering help and guidance on how to best approach the editing process, and develop the tools you need to make your work the best it can possibly be ahead of submission to an editor, literary agent or publisher.
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8th December 2020
Bad writers slipping through the net
Good writers finding a home
But what does this mean for readers? Are the safeguards for...
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8th December 2020
Reading Alex Clark’s Guardian piece last week on the Lost Art of Editing, author and long-serving publishing personality Carmen Callil’s...
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16th December 2020
I am often asked how 'perfect' a submission needs to be, in terms of its grammar and spelling. Spelling should be spell-checked, preferably...
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18th December 2020
Ok, I’m putting my neck on the line here and naming the most common pitfalls I have seen emerging talents fall into. In today’s blog, I baldly...
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11th December 2020
Often when authors are asked to give their number one tip to aspiring writers, they reply with ‘Read, read, read’.
I know that reading...