Dig deep into specific aspects of line craft. I’ll show you how to hone your stylistic skills so that the prose pops off the page.

DEBORAH A CECERE, COPYEDITOR

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The Fiction Editing Collection is a must-have  ... The best way to describe the collection is as separate ​master classes on the topics of point of view, punctuation, and show, don't tell. 

DEBORAH A CECERE, COPYEDITOR

Deborah A Cecere
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Copyeditor

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The Transform Your Fiction series
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Save 10% when you buy all 3 guides
FICTION EDITING COLLECTION​

This PDF collection offers editors and writers all 3 guides from the Transform Your Fiction series. Learn how to approach viewpoint, punctuation, and shown and told prose, and transform fiction with confidence. You save 10% on the standard price.
​PRICE: £24.27
​Transform Your Fiction: 1
MAKING SENSE OF POINT OF VIEW

​This fiction-editing guide helps editors and authors understand the different narration styles in commercial fiction. I teach you how to recognize viewpoint, and hold it, so that readers are immersed in your story and your characters' experiences of the world you've created.
PRICE: £8.99
Transform Your Fiction: 2
MAKING SENSE OF PUNCTUATION
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​​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.
PRICE: £8.99
Transform Your Fiction: 3
MAKING SENSE OF 'SHOW, DON'T TELL'

​​​This fiction-editing guide helps editors and authors understand the differences between shown and told prose. I teach you how to determine whether there are stylistic problems and how to craft solutions. The outcome is a stronger story and a more immersive reading experience.​
PRICE: £8.99

Why learn about fiction editing with me?

I've line edited or proofread hundreds of novels published by mainstream presses and independent authors. But practice isn't enough ... I continue to study the craft of commercial-fiction writing and editing.
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I write fiction too – short stories and flash – ​and have been shortlisted for the CWA's Margery Allingham Short Story Competition, the Bookseller's Future Fiction competition, and the Noirwich Crime Writing Festival's flash-fiction competition.

My approach to teaching

My teaching approach is problem/solution based. Yes, fiction editing is subjective and nuanced, but there’s still room for practical analysis that unpicks a novel’s vulnerabilities and considers the range of literary tools available to improve what’s on the page. 

Andy Maslen, bestselling crime author

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THE FICTION EDITING COLLECTION IS A MUST-HAVE 
​I’ve done your How to Write the Perfect Fiction Editorial Report and Switching to Fiction courses (in that order) and had the pleasant learning experience this week of working through your Fiction Editing Collection (three pdf books covering point of view, punctuation, and show, don’t tell).

The Fiction Editing Collection is a must-have – even for those who have done your Switching to Fiction course or bought the book as a separate item. Although the buyer of both the course and the collection will find an overlap of topics (and of some of the explanations and examples), the buyer of the collection will be thrilled with the standardized structuring of the topics – which is extremely conducive to self-learning – the additional subject matter, and the even more numerous examples and annotations.

​The best way to describe the collection is as separate master classes on the topics of point of view, punctuation, and show, don't tell. I'm looking forward to applying what I've been made aware of, and learned how to fix, to the real-world example of a pending edit.

Fiction Editing Collection

Deborah A Cecere
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Copyeditor

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Andy Maslen, bestselling crime author

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I HEARTILY RECOMMEND THIS GUIDE
I learnt a lot from this book, written in Louise’s typically engaging and straightforward style. I heartily recommend this guide for its clarity and accessibility, its nuanced take and, most of all, its solid, practical approach to identifying and fixing issues.

Book: Making Sense of ‘Show, Don’t Tell’

Jenny Warren
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Editor, reviewing for the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP)

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