Alex | Subtle Script Editing

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Manuscript Assessment | Stylistic Editing | Copyediting | Proofreading

​Your story is one that only YOU can tell. I'm eager to help improve your manuscript without diluting your meaning, intention, or personal style. 

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@SanderlingEdit Lol thank you for adding the unhinged Upwork rates.

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@SarahSaysWrite Oh yeah, existential crises while starting at a blank page for the 17th day in a row is hella cute 🤗

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@lukefinleyedit Sometimes Word is also tired and emotional. I recommend a break for you and refraining from throwing the entire computer out a window or something.

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@scottrsraphael Good point. I wonder now too. I’ve been into novellas and short stories lately and didn’t make the connection. That said, book series seem to still be going strong. Maybe it’s a genre thing?

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@jaime_dill @irisninkeditor @reachwriter It means giving the readers the material and allowing them room to interpret that. For example, the author can tell the reader that a character is upset. Or the author can show a character getting short and snappy after someone cuts them off for the sixth time in a row.

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@etherealconduct Understanding of cultural references is definitely one of those specific qualifications that will help both you and the editor decide if they’ll be a good fit for certain projects—excellent question!

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We love an author who asks a lot of questions when looking for an editor!

#writerscommunity what do you ask potential editors during the interview process? #bookeditor #editors

[Hypertext Magazine @HypertextMag]

"You don’t ask, you don’t even say please. You’re growing into your role as captain and I’m proud of you."

Drop in for our featured #flashfiction piece this Monday by @subtle_script: https://t.co/kp7F70sbbI

#amreading #scifi #literary #newwriting #WritingCommunity #shortstory

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I’m thrilled to read “Dear Captain” tonight for @HypertextMag! I
hope you can join us ✨

[Hypertext Magazine @HypertextMag]

It’s that time of year again! Hypertext Review Spring/Summer 2023 is out! Register for our virtual reading and hear the contributors of our newest issue: https://t.co/4XlIhSwPz5

#litmag #WritingCommmunity #newwriting #amreading #newbooks #literary #fiction #poetry #nonfiction

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Thrilled to be a contributor to this issue of ⁦@HypertextMag⁩ ✨✨✨ #scifiwriter #writers https://t.co/4yeqcO0xXC

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@SyntellSmith I always advocate for getting to know your editor as well as you think you need to. They will be handling your work; it's a very personal (to you) task, and it does save you the headache of being burned later.

It also helps us editors out. We want to be sure we're a good fit!

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@mirna0722 faced with the sight of M's cubicle on a Thursday afternoon: the tower of emptied ramen cups, bin overflowing with candy wrappers, the pungent smell of at least 3 different brands of energy drinks, she could only marvel.

"How did you not die as a human?"

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@mirna0722 Zoe is a vampire of science. Her lifestyle itself is a routine forged by the scientific method--calculated, tested, perpetually in search of truth and perfection. From the way she pierces blood bags to the brand of sunscreen she uses: it's all meticulously chosen.

Yet when +

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Color me EXCITED!!

[Tordotcom Publishing @TorDotComPub]

TOMORROW we reveal the cover of System Collapse by @marthawells1, the latest installment in her award-winning series, the Murderbot Diaries!

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@JenlDee

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@mirna0722 M will apologize to the office Roomba.

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@asrs_williams log into his email.

“If it’s important enough, they’ll call me.”

“No one calls anyone anymore!” M insists. “You have to—“

Mr Levain drops a pile of stamped envelopes into M’s hands. “I don’t understand why you children are so afraid of phone calls.”

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@asrs_williams M and Zoe have 3 different conversations in 3 apps. Their texts turn into paragraph-long notes, complete with footnotes referencing to a convo in another all. Their cubicles are right next and M, 2 months into the job, took the partition down between them.

Mr Levain refuses to +

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Ringing in the new year with some winter hiking with friends. It’s giving me that gothic romance vibe. #stetwalk #amediting

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