The Author-Editor Relationship: A Cautionary Tale (and How to Have a Good Collaboration)
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I’m Shawna, and it’s my job to walk side by side with you on your publishing journey, easing your manuscript over the editing blocks in the path so you can put your writing into the world with confidence.
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The Full Editing Journey is a quest of epic proportions through your story’s craft, writing style, and grammar/usage/mechanics, one I undertake with you every step of the way. It combines the benefits of a Story Diagnostic (manuscript assessment) + Style Tune-Up (line edit + copyedit) into one comprehensive, affordable service.
LEARN MOREA Style Tune-Up makes your words stand up and sing! It starts with a deep language revision (line edit) of your entire manuscript, editing line by line to fix anything that might take a critical reader out of your story. It ends with a final battle to smooth your manuscript’s grammar, spelling, and other mechanics (copyedit), then a last proofread.
LEARN MOREPssst! Do you know what grammar goblins and spelling trolls are lurking in your pages? With a wave of my magic pen—er, keyboard—I’ll slay those monsters hexing your story, so you can present your work with confidence and turn your readers into raving fans, hungry for more exciting adventures (or, at least, the sequel).
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