Document Driven

Fiction Book Editing

Nonfiction Editing

Manuscript Critiques

Submission Critiques

    Fiction:

• Mainstream

• Young Adult

• Women's Fiction

• Romance

• Christian Fiction

• Mystery/Suspense

• Thrillers

• Novellas     

  Nonfiction:

• Academic

• Women's

• Art

• Business

• Spiritual

• Health & Fitness

• Travel

• Psychology

 Hawthorn and Lavender

(Spring poem)

And it's O, the wild Spring, and his

   chances

      And dreams !

There's a lift in the blood --

   O, this gracious, and thirsting, and

      aching

          Unrest !

All life's at the bud,

   And my heart, full of April, is breaking

         My breast.

Poem by W.E. Henley

Published in 1901.

Quotes:

"Most people won't realize that writing is a craft.  You have to take your apprenticeship in it

like anything else."

-- Katherine Anne Porter.

"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately happy. What one can be, one must be."

-- Abraham Maslow. 

-- George Kneller.

New Classes, Workshops & Special Rates

In September, October & November:

"Working on Your Novel"

 Workshops

&

"Working on Your Nonfiction Book"

Workshop

In July:

"Working on Your Novel"

Workshop

&

"Writing Your Nonfiction Proposal"

Class

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In April: 

"Beginnings: The First Three Chapters" Workshop

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In May:

"Working on Your Novel"

Workshop

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In June:

"Working on Your Novel"

Workshop

&

Submission Critiques Special: In anticipation of upcoming Spring & Summer conferences, Document Driven is offering a $15.00 discount on Submission Critiques or $60 thru July 2008.

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Click here for Workshops. 

What is a submission critique?

A submission critique is like a mini Manuscript critique--it can tell you what needs improvement, what might be wrong with your manuscript--before you submit. And for much less money.

SEE OUR RESOURCES PAGE!!

Books for Writers 

Definitions

Developmental Editing: to develop a manuscript from concept and/ or draft-- working through subsequent drafts--suggesting changes in content, organization and presentation.

Substantive Editing: 

   Fiction: evaluates the elements of the novel: plot, viewpoint, characterization,  narrative style, pacing, and so on.

   Nonfiction: improving presentation, organization, clarity, readability and flow, to create a new draft. 

Copyediting: checking grammar, usage, capitalizations, punctuation, formating, and so on, yet preserving the voice & meaning of the original.

Checks for consistent style and format, and documenting these elements in a style sheet. 

Cross-checking references for consistency throughout the text. Often includes proofreading.

Proofreading: identifies typographical and punctuation errors, inconsistencies and misspellings. Checks for text discrepancies & problems with page layout. May compare two documents for uniformity.

Contact Document Driven Today!

Fiction & Nonfiction  Editing

Submission Critiques ($ 75.00)

Submissions

        Email:      janice@documentdriven.com or

                      editor@documentdriven.com

        Phone:     503-789-6245

        Letters:   16420 SE McGillivray, #103-103

                      Vancouver, WA  98683

We look forward to hearing from you.