An Editor's Advice
This new series is based on the advice Maureen Kincaid Speller
a reviewer, writer, editor and former librarian, is our book reviewer and also works for WritersServices as a freelance editor., a long-serving WritersServices freelance editor, has given writers over the years. It deals with the most common problems she has encountered in the fiction manuscripts which cross her desk.
In the seventh and final article Maureen deals with presentation - typefaces, layouts, page numbers, putting your material into one document and spell-checkers.
'So far, in these columns, I’ve been talking about the nuts and bolts of writing, and about the ways in which people come unstuck in terms of content. This time, I want to talk about the ways writers can make life easier for editors and readers like me.'
1: Dialogue 2: why you need to do further drafts, 3: genre writing,
4: planning; 5: points of view.
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Are you keen to get your poetry published but don't know where to start? Our new article helps you to look at the best approach to help you make your way into print.
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Colin joined Penguin Books after university. He has over the years worked for a number of the major publishing houses in senior editorial positions. His particular interests, apart from sailing, are science fiction, fantasy, crime and thrillers.
