Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
on Jane Friedman site:
Welcome to the very first installment of a new column at this site, Ask the Editor!
Ask the Editor is a column for your questions about the editing process and editors themselves. It’s a place to bring your conundrums and dilemmas and mixed feelings, no matter how big or small.
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Question
I write dark fantasy stories for adults that explore survival after sexual trauma and war. My work focuses on the aftermath of sexual violence and the way my protagonists stubbornly live well after the unthinkable. There are no on-page depictions of SA in my work. Naturally, edits are a must and I am very receptive to feedback (I’m in journalism, so tough deletions and red pens are familiar friends of mine).
As a debut writer who was previously represented by a literary agent, I made structural, style, and developmental edits to my manuscript…
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