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The Manuscript in Front of Me
You hand over your manuscript knowing it will be examined closely. That’s already vulnerable.
Your work should come first—not questions about how it was written.
Starting Your Style Guide
“Do you have a style guide?”
It’s a simple question—but it often leads to a lot of back-and-forth. Here’s how to start one without overthinking it.
Before We Talk About Editing
That question—“how does this work?”—isn’t really about process.
It’s about all the nervous everythings underneath it.
“Is My Book Good?”
When a fiction writer asks an editor, “Is my book good?” they’re rarely asking for an opinion.
Here’s why editors shouldn’t answer that question.
