One of the toughest parts of being an author is tackling your own editing.
CAN YOU EDIT YOUR OWN NOVEL?
with DEVELOPMENTAL EDITORS ANNE HAWLEY & RACHELLE RAMIREZ
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This information-packed webinar will help you understand the concept of developmental and structural editing, and show you practical steps to bring your story into great shape. The techniques you’ll learn will serve you whether your aim is to present the cleanest possible manuscript to a professional editor, pitch your book to agents, or self-publish.
YOU WILL LEARN:
Why marketing categories or “genres” don’t help you write a good working story, and what does.
The three most common structural problems with novels and memoirs and how to start solving them.
The importance of good working scenes, and how to fix scenes that don’t work.
YOUR HOSTS
Anne Hawley
Anne Hawley is a third-generation native Oregonian, a graduate of Portland State University. When she's not editing stories, she's writing them, reading them, researching them, or analyzing them on The Editor Roundtable Podcast. She specializes in helping writers discover the heart of the story they’re trying to tell so that they can tell it more beautifully. She can often be seen riding her Dutch bike Eleanor around Portland. She's the author of Restraint, a love story set in 19th Century London.
Rachelle Ramirez
Rachelle Ramirez helps writers develop their stories and believes stories are our most important catalyst for change. She has an MA in psychology from Goddard College and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Masters in Creative Writing Program on merit scholarship. Before becoming a developmental editor, she served as a mental health counselor and as the executive director of a national writing community.