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On Time Typing, Editing and Proofreading: We read and review your poetry book manuscript, then We write a manuscript assessment report. Poetry Manuscript Assessment checklist Our manusc...

1. What is the most helpful? (A) a beta read, or (B) a manuscript assessment (also called a manuscript appraisal), or developmental edit (also called structural edit or substantive edit)? A beta r...

This article is for writers who are writing about issues outside their own direct experience. Some examples of this would be: a cis person who has created a transgender or gender diverse character ...

"A sensitivity read [or sensitivity edit] is a review of a book, script or game before it is published to help avoid portraying marginalised people and cultures inaccurately, including unintentiona...

If you want to write and publish a book about your life, or part of your life, you will need to follow some simple steps: 1. Writing the story - or telling the story verbally. 2. Manuscript assessm...

Here are a few tips for writing, editing and designing easy-to-read online content for e-books, blogs, websites or other electronic publications. Frontloading Multiple entry points into the...

When you write a poem from scratch, it can come out pretty good, or it can come out a bit of a mess. Either way, what you end up with is a draft - not a finished poem. To get the message of your...

What qualifications does a freelance copy editor need? If you're good at writing and enjoy correcting other people's writing, have a really good knowledge of syntax, grammar, spelling and punctuat...

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...

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...