Document Driven

To help you achieve your publishing dream, Document Driven offers both fiction and nonfiction Book Editing, as well as Workshops, classes and a Critique Group.

The Book Business

Publishing House editors no longer have as much time to work with an author as they did in the past--in the publishing era of Max Perkins. In those days, the editor would mentor the writers and their work, acting as champion and guide in all stages of editing and publishing. 

   Increasingly, the consulting editor, as an intermediary between the author and the acquisitions editor and/or agent, helps to prepare and polish the manuscript so that it has a greater chance of being accepted for publication.  

New workshop & classes.

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Feedback on recent workshop: 

"I attended Janice Hussein's workshop [Sympathetic Protagonists] in Emerald City, and I think she's got a lot to offer."

--Delle Jacobs
SINS OF THE HEART
ADVENTURE as rich as gold * LOVE as delicious as chocolate
www.dellejacobs.com

 Fiction:

• Mainstream

• Short Stories

• Young Adult

• Women's Fiction

• Romance

• Literary

• Science Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Mystery/Suspense

• Thrillers

• Christian Fiction

• Novellas     

  Nonfiction:

• Academic

• History

• Women's

• Art

• Business

• Spiritual

• Health & Fitness

• Travel

• Psychology

• Law

 About Document Driven:

• Offers a sample edit of one to two pages from the manuscript to be edited.
• Will provide an estimate on how long the work requires, subject to plus or minus 10 percent.
• Offers an editing plan prior to signing a contract.
• If desired by an author, Document Driven will provide a written contract specifying payment timing and amounts, what kind of editing will be performed, how cancellations will be handled, and a clear definition of any editing terminology.

"Lines ...From Tintern Abbey" by Wordsworth: 

Therefore am I still
A lover of the meadows and the woods,
And mountains; and of all that we behold
From this green earth; of all the mighty world
Of eye, and ear, both what they half create,
And what perceive; well pleased to recognise
In nature and the language of the sense,
The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse,
The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul
Of all my moral being.

Title: "Which Arc Are We On,"

(Available Now.)

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Title: "THE UNSYMPATHETIC  PROTAGONIST,"

The 2010 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market.

New Fiction Classes

&

Fiction Workshops

 2010:

"Working on Your Novel"

"Beginnings"  Workshops

&

"Craft of Fiction" Classes

See Workshops & Classes page.

Critique Group:

The group's focus will be on Professional Publication.

Fiction: Mainstream, Romance, Thrillers, Mystery/Suspense, Literary and Young Adult.

Meeting: 2 times per month

Time: 2 hours

Place: To be arranged

If you are interested, contact Janice@documentdriven.com for further details.

POEM:

And it's oh the wild Spring,

and his chances and dreams,

There's a lift in the blood,

Oh this gracious and thirsting and aching unrest,

All life's at the bud,

And my heart,

full of April

is breaking my breast.  

 Henley, circa 1910 

"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.

PAST WORKSHOPS

 &

 CLASSES

In September:

"Working on Your Nonfiction Book"

Workshop

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In July:

"Working on Your Novel"

Workshop

&

"Writing Your Nonfiction Proposal"

Class

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In April: 

"Beginnings: The First Three Chapters" Workshop

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

Submissions

        Email:      janice@documentdriven.com or

                      editor@documentdriven.com

        Letters:   16420 SE McGillivray, #103-103

                      Vancouver, WA  98683

We look forward to hearing from you.