• SavvyAuthors is closed for business pending a potential purchase offer

    The site will no longer be accessible on August 1, 2024 if a buyer is not found. Please review the post here for information on refunds and payments.
    There is the possiblity it will be purchased and re-opened please see this thread for more information
    ~Thank you for 14 wonderful years!

editing

  1. JasonWrench

    Editing The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know

    WHAT IS THE STORY GRID? The Story Grid is a tool developed by editor Shawn Coyne to analyze stories and provide helpful editorial comments. It's like a CT Scan that takes a photo of the global story and tells the editor or writer what is working, what is not, and what must be done to make what...
  2. Leslie

    Editing Intuitive Editing by Tiffany Yates Martin

    After you’ve completed your manuscript and you’re standing at the foot of Revision Mountain, climbing to the summit can feel impossible. It’s hard to look at your own writing with the objective eye needed to shape it into a tight, polished, publishable story—but just like writing, self-editing...
  3. Revise Your Draft and Make It Shine.jpg

    Revise Your Draft and Make It Shine.jpg

    You’ve finished your rough draft—great! Here’s how to quickly and easily revise it to show off your true writing skills. From the award-winning author and educator who brought you the Fast Drafting method comes an easy, effective way to approach the often daunting task of revising your work. It doe
  4. Diane Culver

    Editor Excellence in Editing

    From their website: Whether you're submitting to a major publisher, querying agents, or planning to self-publish, a second pair of eyes is a must before letting that manuscript or partial out of your hands. Sure, the world loves a great story, but the world embraces a great, well-told story...
  5. Tambra

    Editor Suzanne Johnson

    From Suzanne's website: I have more than thirty years in copy editing and developmental editing both fiction and nonfiction, including two years as the founding copy editor for Entangled Publishing. My copy-edited works include best-selling paranormals by authors such as Laura Kaye and Jennifer...
  6. Barbara Sheridan

    Proofreader Emily Nemchick

    From their website: I began copy editing and proofreading professionally in 2012, after completing my BA in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge. I have worked as a copy editor in academic publishing and the self-publishing world. I have worked on fiction and non-fiction...
  7. Missye Maroon

    Manuscript Formatting Reedsy

    From their website: Crafting beautiful books is at the heart of everything that Reedsy does. We're changing the way books are published by giving authors and publishers access to talented professionals, powerful tools, and free educational content. Reedsy was founded in the summer of 2014 by...
  8. Teresa Crumpt0n

    Editor Gray Publishing Services

    From their website: Our services include: eBook & paperback formatting Original eBook & paperback cover design Pre-made eBook & paperback cover design Proofreading Editing Business card design & printing Bookmark design etc Teasers, Banners, Logos & Swag
  9. Kendi McLain

    Accountability Kendi's 2017 Goals

    Polish, compete, and complete multiple first drafts. It's been many years since I've been afforded the luxury of being able to sit and write til I'm tired of sitting. I'm taking advantage of it now. Have one completed manuscript that is editing now. First three chapters and synopsis are...
  10. Mako-clb

    Accountability Editing and Revising

    My goal is to do another edit/revision of last year's NaNo novel in preparation to finish it during 2017 NaNoWriMo. Yup, that's right, I won last year with only about half the novel finished. And, I need to get back in the grove of the story and clean up some stuff in the first half so I'm ready...
  11. The Hybrid Author: A Guide to Publishing, 2nd edition

    The Hybrid Author: A Guide to Publishing, 2nd edition

    A comprehensive guide to the evolving publishing industry written with candor, insight and personal experience from a seasoned hybrid author. Providing: * Active resource links for all your writing needs * Discoverability tips * Advice for the Author/Entrepreneur