Editing Otherwise: Fresh Approaches to Stories and Settings

It's not an easy time to work in academia, with the UK restructuring and US grant cancellations. And in mainland Europe, moving between...

I used to work as a cultural anthropologist, first in the UK, and then in Serbia, Croatia, and Germany in that order. Before I became a...

When telling a story or writing a factual narrative in English, you have two main tenses you can use: present tense and past tense. Here...

Blake Snyder’s book Save the Cat! offers a blueprint for screenwriters on how to draft a successful film script. The book draws on his...

What problems often emerge when translating fiction?

This post discusses: certain common situations when italics are used the debate over when to use italics for non-English words in fiction...

A review of Scott Norton's book on developmental editing. Scott Norton's book is now a classic tome on many editors' bookcases. I first learned about developmental editing many years ago when setting up my editorial business, and this book spoke to me! I read chapters early each morning in bed. My background in fieldwork and anthropology made the case study approach come alive to me, and I quickly started applying this book in my practice and soon offered developmental editi