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An editorial practice for long-form writers
Careful editing for books that take their time.
About
Odile reads every manuscript twice: once as a reader, once as an editor. She works with a few writers each season, on fiction and narrative non-fiction, from first draft to final proof.
- Practice
- Marrow Editions
- Profession
- Independent editor and writing coach
- Based in
- Elsmere Bay, ME, US
- Established
- 2016
Services
Manuscript reads
A full read of your draft and a long letter on what works, what stalls and where the book wants to go.
View detailsStructural edits
Chapter by chapter notes on shape, pace and point of view, with a call after each pass.
View detailsLine edits
Close work on the sentences themselves: rhythm, clarity and the words you lean on too often.
View detailsBook proposals
An overview, a chapter outline and a sample chapter, read and tightened until they hold together.
View detailsQuiet hours
A standing hour every fortnight to talk through the work in progress, for writers between drafts.
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