Essential Edits

    Robert Runté, PhD
    Senior Editor/Writing Coach, Speculative Fiction
    Theses & Dissertations

    Elizabeth McLachlan
    Editor/Writing Coach, Memoir, Non-fiction, Theses & Dissertations

    Lorina Stephens
    Senior Editor/Writing Coach, Canadian Literature

    Adria Laycraft
    Editor/Writing Coach,
    SF&F & genre fiction

    Halli Lilburn
    Editor/Writing Coach,
    YA, Horror & genre
    STORY TO TELL?

    Whether self-publishing or submitting to a publisher, you owe it to your work to ensure that it is as good as it can be before you put it out there. Have your manuscript professionally appraised by an objective professional editor. Essential Edits provides feedback that not only improves your current manuscript, but also your writing / process for subsequent projects. Essential Edits is here to help you tell your story.

    General Fiction

    Speculative Fiction

    Memoir

    KNOW STUFF?

    The hard part of writing a book or thesis is not doing the research, it's managing the process. Angst is an inevitable part of any sustained writing project—and it's a completely different process than writing a short article or a term paper. Even accomplished writers can find organizing the material overwhelming, stalling out as they face blank-page syndrome, writer's block, and content overload. An editor can save months of fruitless effort by providing moral support with motivational issues and editorial support to ensure correct formatting, clarity, precision, and brevity in one's written communication.

    nonfiction
    Theses

    BLOCKED?

    Novel not jelling? Thesis not coming together? Memoir still not down on paper?
    Let a writing coach help you identify the issues that are slowing or preventing you from finishing.

    Writing Coach

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    This page last updated: May, 2022.