The Book Editor Show

In school you learn to write by all the rules. The rules of style and the rules of your instructor. All these rules can bury an author's voice. Cindy Bennett gives you the inside information on how to bring that voice back out so you're not lost in a crowd of monotone.

This week join special guest Dennis Nappi II, author of, Service, A Soldier's Journey. Clark Chamberlain and Peter Turley talk with Dennis about the difficulties of Non-Fiction editing and delivering the right message.

Part four of four in the editing tips series. Clark Chamberlain and Peter Turley discuss seven actionable Plot Tips you can put right to work. These tips include:

 

Pacing

Tension and Mystery

Endings

Perspective change

Exposition

Chapter starts and ends

Plot structures

Continuing with part three of the four part series on editing tips. This week Clark Chamberlain and Peter Turley give you six great tips that you can use right now to edit your book for tighter character development and emotional arc.

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Is passive voice driving you mad? Are adverbs running wild through your pages? Does it feel like it will never end?

Line editing doesn't have to be a daunting task. Take each of the seven tips presented by Clark Chamberlain and Peter Turley and put them to work today.

This is the second in a four part series on editing tips.

the Book Editor Show

Take action today to strengthen your work with 7 these book editing tips. 

This is the first in a four part series on editing tips. These have been designed to make it easy for you to put them right into action.

Clark Chamberlain and Peter Turley give you seven actionable tips that you can put to work today.

Are your beta readers coming back with reports of holes in your story? Are there areas where logic seems to vanish?Learn how to do Substantive Book Editing and make all those troubles go away.Clark Chamberlain and Peter Turley discuss the merits of Substantive Book Editing and how it can be used to fix the plot holes and connect your story together so readers never feel at a loss for what just happened.

A good editor will help you place the punctuation, a great editor will help you tell the best story possible. Clark Chamberlain and Peter Turley help you know what to look for when seeking out an editor and guide you around the pitfalls that will end up costing you time, money and reader confidence.

Writing your novel using scenes is being thrown around the web on a regular basis. What does it mean and where did it come from? in 1965 Dwight Swain wrote a book, Techniques of the Selling Writer. The fact that people pull from this today is a good sign that it contains some good information. Well, at least one nugget. Scenes and Sequels. 

Clark Chamberlain and Peter Turley will teach you how to incorporate this simple technique into your editing toolbox. It will help you make fast sense of your structure and show you what is dead weight.

An emotional character arc is the best way to connect your reader to your story. In episode 009 you will learn how to build these the right way for the greatest impact. Join Clark Chamberlain and Peter Turley as they dig deep into the core of your protagonist.