Anne Rainbow, RedPen mentor, explains her tried and tested approach to self-editing.
Writing as Jenny Lawson, Anne is an established and traditionally published non-fiction author, and editor. After 35 years in the publishing world, Anne turned her attention to the challenges facing fiction writers.
Aware of the uphill battle and frustrations experienced by writers who received rejection slip after rejection slip, Anne set up her RedPen group in the late 1990s. Her objective was - and still is - to help budding writers to learn how to edit their own words, and therefore to maximise their chances of having their stories and novels accepted for publication.
Now, with more writers choosing to self-publish, Anne is making her self-editing RedPen system available to a wider audience. In the indie publishing world, it's sensible to hire an editor before going to print, but a writer who can self-edit will benefit from lower editing costs.
With her simple three-task system, Anne shows how EDITING The RedPen Way can become a SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely) route to a polished manuscript. And, she makes it sound fun!
Writing as Jenny Lawson, Anne is an established and traditionally published non-fiction author, and editor. After 35 years in the publishing world, Anne turned her attention to the challenges facing fiction writers.
Aware of the uphill battle and frustrations experienced by writers who received rejection slip after rejection slip, Anne set up her RedPen group in the late 1990s. Her objective was - and still is - to help budding writers to learn how to edit their own words, and therefore to maximise their chances of having their stories and novels accepted for publication.
Now, with more writers choosing to self-publish, Anne is making her self-editing RedPen system available to a wider audience. In the indie publishing world, it's sensible to hire an editor before going to print, but a writer who can self-edit will benefit from lower editing costs.
With her simple three-task system, Anne shows how EDITING The RedPen Way can become a SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely) route to a polished manuscript. And, she makes it sound fun!
