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Why it’s good to share your story, if you have PTSD
When someone with PTSD shares their story with someone who can help them to document and compile it into a document or self-published book, their family and friends can read that story and understa...
Writing family histories: what genre to use?
The genre you choose when embarking on writing about a personal or family history will depend on your writing skill, style or preference, and possibly also on the amount of factual information yo...
Life story writing – as biography, autobiography or memoir
This article will be of interest to writers (including members of Life Stories Australia) who specialise in writing life stories. What genre to use when writing someone else's life story - memoi...
Our writing/editing coaches – supporting all storytellers, including neurodivergent and disabled writers
Our writing and self-editing coaches consult with our clients via Zoom, phone or other platforms, to provide them with the support, encouragement and knowledge they need to meet their writing, self...
Editing fiction and non-fiction: a comparison
The purpose of editing any publication, whether standard non-fiction or fiction/creative non-fiction, is to make the corrections needed to ensure the writer's intended meaning, story and voice, are...
Sally-Anne Watson Kane’s professional development in writing and editing
Professional development: writing and editing non-fiction, memoir, life stories, poetry, fiction Sally-Anne Watson Kane is a: professional editor member of Institute of Professional Editors (...
Poetry Editing Group Gippsland (PEGG) – who we are
Poetry Editing Group Gippsland (PEGG) is a group of poets based in Gippsland and surrounding regions, who are committed to writing, workshopping and perfecting their poetry, to publication standard...
The importance of intuition (for editing consultants and freelancers)
Editors need good intuition to carry out their work because intuition plays an important role in the task of editing. Freelance editing consultants need good intuition not only in order to do th...
Self-publishing: the importance of “white space” in your book
A book's "white space" (or "negative space") is the parts that are not covered by text or images. That is, in a white-background type of book, it is literally all the white space around and in betw...
Producing, editing and publishing an audio book in Australia
This article is relevant to writers, editors and self-publishers seeking to create an audio book of their e-book or hardcopy book. Who can narrate and produce your audio book, in Australia? The...