Former Fiction Editor of best magazine and founder of Perfectly Worded Writing and Editing Consultancy
Pat Richardson, who won the National Magazine Company's 2008 Eagle Award for Outstanding Contribution to Editorial, is an award-winning (and runner-up) travel writer, and serves as a judge for the British Guild of Travel Writers Awards. She was Travel, Fiction and Regular Features Editor, at best magazine for 16 years, during which she read over 50,000 short stories, edited more than 1,000 of them for publication – and wrote a few of her own!
On leaving best in April 2009, she set up Perfectly Worded Writing and Editing Consultancy, through which she offers a Fiction Feedback Service. Writers seeking advice on plot, improving pace, developing characters, streamlining style can choose from three levels of feedback: an expert appraisal, detailed rewrite guidance or a full edit for short stories; and a brief review, a detailed evaluation or a full edit full-length fiction. Her appraisal or review determines whether your story is good or not - and if not, why not. Through detailed rewrite guidance or evaluation, she'll show you how to improve your writing yourself. This is her recommended option, as it will teach you how to improve your storytelling skills, and address your writing weaknesses as well as building on your strengths - while the other options only use hers. Her full edit will improve your MS for you. Proof-reading is also available.
‘Standards for success are high,’ says Pat, ‘so any guidance I give must and will adhere rigorously to this requirement - which means that my feedback will be honest and my editing exacting. And you deserve and should demand nothing less!’
To find out more about Pat’s Fiction Feedback – and the other services that Perfectly Worded offers, visit the website at www.perfectlyworded.co.uk.
HOTELS THAT WERE NOT
Want a holiday with a difference in a hotel with a fascinating history? Then visit Pat's unique hotel website, which showcases hotels in the UK and worldwide whose buildings had a past life as something very different. |
