Beginning Developmental Editing for Fiction (On Demand)
$400.00
Description
$400 (Members: $360) | How to become a developmental editor | 4 lessons | With Instructor Feedback | Beginner
On-demand course schedule must be arranged with the instructor as soon as possible after enrollment.
This highly popular class is meant for anyone interested in working with novelists to help them tell better stories.
We’ll discuss the basics of developmental editing (what it is and isn’t), the methods of developmental editing in fiction, and how to work effectively with novelists.
The class covers:
- The qualities and characteristics of a good DE
- Constructing diplomatic queries
- Identifying problems such as info-dumping, starting the novel in the wrong place, head-hopping, and more
- Recognizing structural problems, including problems with conflict and motivation
- Tracing the narrative spine of a story to uncover story problems
- Working effectively with novelists—how to be a DE and not an unwelcome coauthor
- Creating a revision letter for a project that outlines your suggestions for how a writer should tackle a needed rewrite.
The class is entirely online and asynchronous (you don’t have to be in any particular place at any particular time to participate) but your final materials will be due on a deadline agreed to with the instructor.
