Sections Writing Advice Editing Advice Service Availability Writing Advice Last month we talked about SCENE GOALS, and the yes, no, yes, but, and no, furthermore ways to end a scene. The fact of the matter is a yes, but or no, furthermore is only meant to be a tangent, a diversion, from their goal. ItContinueContinue reading “July 2024”
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June 2024
Sections Writing Advice Editing Advice Service Availability Writing Advice Last month we talked about STORY GOALS. And then I gave you some homework, to list steps that would be things the main character would have to accomplish to reach their story goal. These step goals become something I call SCENE GOALS. A character enters aContinueContinue reading “June 2024”
May 2024
Welcome back! ~ LZ Sections Writing Advice Editing Advice Service Availability Writing Advice This month, I’m continuing the topic of developing your plot by expanding on something I mentioned last month, the STORY GOAL. tldr; the STORY GOAL is NOT what the AUTHOR wants to have happen, but what the CHARACTERS – particularly the MAINContinueContinue reading “May 2024”
Newsletter Relaunch
Navigating to a new newsletter plan. My quarter 1 business analysis found that paying for my newsletter wasn’t as cost effective as it could be. So I’ve migrated my few subscribers (thanks to all of you!) to my website. I still won’t deluge you with content, only sending out a newsletter/post once a month. ~ContinueContinue reading “Newsletter Relaunch”
Why should you hire a professional proofreader?
Check out this popular meme: Did you catch the error? Between the image and the text font, you might have missed the fact that the word overlaying the lemon is actually “melons”, a transposition of the “l” and the “m”. Happens to all of us. But your brain can trick you into missing errors likeContinueContinue reading “Why should you hire a professional proofreader?”
Coaching
Rate: $60 per hour Coaching sessions, are direct instructional discussions about your writing using Zoom. In this one-on-one space, I can help you with specific aspects of story craft: point of view building stories developing characters the difference between present and past tense (and how to fix the errors) how to recognize and fix pointContinueContinue reading “Coaching”
Proofreading
Rate: $5.00 per 1,000 words ($0.005 per word) What is a Proofread? A proofread is the final step before publication and copy editing – fixing the spelling, grammar, punctuation, and flow of the story’s sentences for tone and clarity – should already have been done. You may say that you had beta readers and didn’tContinueContinue reading “Proofreading”
Developmental Editing
Rate: $16.00 per 1,000 words ($0.016 per word) Note: the developmental edit is based on the target word count typical of the genre of your story. Here’s a Reedsy article regarding book length that may help you determine what this means for your project. I typically only take on ONE developmental client at a time,ContinueContinue reading “Developmental Editing”
Manuscript evaluation
Rate: $6.00 per 1,000 words ($0.006 per word) Note: the evaluation is based on the target word count typical of the genre you are writing in. Here’s a comprehensive Reedsy article regarding book length that may help you. Here’s a simple graphic . The reason for this is that evaluations will include ways to increaseContinueContinue reading “Manuscript evaluation”
Book formatting
This is a new service I am offering (2023) so turnaround time is not yet set in stone. Flat rate minimum (assuming a novel of ~50k) = $120, and done in one week. $10 (and another day) per 10,000 words above that, so… 60k book = $130.70k book = $140.80k book = $150. What youContinueContinue reading “Book formatting”
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