Learn about mood and rhythm in fiction

Hone your writing and editing craft with articles, books, webinars and audio content dedicated to helping you tell stories rich in mood, rhythm, tension and suspense.

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Articles about mood and rhythm in fiction

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Books for fiction authors and editors

​Hone your novel line craft

Want to do your own line editing? This 74K-word book shows you how.

Learn how to punctuate for sense, mood and rhythm

This fiction-editing guide shows authors and editors how to use different types of punctuation in a novel.

​I go beyond publishing-industry conventions and teach you how to play with punctuation so that your prose is clear but laced with mood and rhythm too.

Andy Maslen, bestselling crime author

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​ENJOYED THE JOURNEY AND LEARNT A GREAT DEAL
Thank you so much for the tremendous work you have put into editing my manuscript. Your expertise and observations are hugely valuable. You have instilled encouragement in me to go forward, and I have enjoyed the journey and learnt a great deal!

JOSEPHINE VAUGHAN, INDEPENDENT MEMOIR AUTHOR

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Free webinar on punctuating dialogue

How to punctuate dialogue in a novel

This 20-minute webinar shows fiction writers and editors how to punctuate dialogue in a novel according to publishing-industry convention. 

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Listen to The Immersive Fiction Collection

Listen to these episodes of The Editing Podcast in which Denise and Louise chat with independent authors and editors about sensitive and immersive fiction.