This is how I see myself in my work with my writers: I am on your side, cheering you on. I help, encourage, and challenge you to shape your manuscript into its most compelling form. I understand that it can be a daunting task, sharing the manuscript you’ve toiled over for hours, weeks, months, and sometimes even years. You can expect both empathy and a friendly toughness on my part in our work together. I am here to help you with your text, and I do so with determination and warmth.
What I consider my specialty—how I can help you, so together we can turn your writing into a moving, convincing, cohesive piece of magic—is the work we do on your content itself. My aim is to ensure your text is not just comprehensible, but energetic, moving, and 100% united. Every single part of your text must serve a single purpose: to support its main message (if nonfiction) or to contribute to the narrative in a meaningful way (if fiction). My job is to make sure both that it’s happening and that it’s happening in the optimally.
I provide a lot of feedback, suggestions, and even direct changes to your content. If I notice inconsistencies, sentences that don’t make sense, transitions that are unpolished, unclear, or confusing, ideas that need greater development, or new ideas that you didn’t address but really must be included, I voice that. I am careful to explain thoroughly my thinking and to offer potential “solutions.” If I determine that I have the information necessary and that I can match your voice and style, I will write in content myself.
Because I use the “track changes” function, my work inside your text is clearly visible. You always have the final say about my corrections, additions, and suggestions because you are the creator.
Please write me at editor@zoowrite.com, so we can discuss how I can support you to ensure your writing glows.
