How to Edit and Be Edited
And Polish Your Writing to a Professional Shine
Paperback | 100 pages
by Allegra Huston
This book is not just about changing the words on the page. It is a guide for how best to frame the collaborative effort between two people—or between your creative mind and your critical mind—that is undertaken with one simple goal: to make a writer's work as good as it can possibly be.
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Praise for How to Edit and Be Edited
“Fortune smiled on me when my manuscript was edited by Allegra Huston, for it became an inspirational conversation between a novice and a consummate professional with decades of experience as an editor and, more importantly, as a writer herself. What The Elements of Style is for writers, this slim, information-packed volume will be for editors in all creative fields.”
“The lessons in How to Edit and Be Edited are very useful for those of us who teach or edit a lot. It is also an indispensable tool for students in learning how to respond to fellow writers in a workshop setting. This is a very valuable book.”
About the Author
Allegra Huston
In 30 years as a book editor, Allegra has worked with two Nobel Prize winners, three Booker Prize winners, Sir James Goldsmith, and Jane Goodall. Allegra has conducted creative writing workshops for the National University of Ireland, Galway, the University of Oklahoma, the Taos Writers Conference and the UK’s prestigious Arvon Foundation. She is the author of a bestselling memoir, Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found (2009), and a highly-praised novel, Say My Name (UK 2017, US 2018). Allegra is also the author of numerous screenplays, including one for the award-winning short film Good Luck, Mr. Gorski, which she also produced.
Allegra holds a First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature from Oxford University. To learn more about Allegra, please visit allegrahuston.com. Allegra Huston is available for workshops, lectures, and author visits in person or remotely.
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