Meet the editor
Victor, your editorial partner.
Victor Editorial House is built around a direct conversation between an author and an editor. No handoff, no one-size-fits-all prescription.
“I read for what the author meant, then help the page say it.”
A personal approach
First understand the book.
Victor's editorial approach begins with your intentions: the readers you want to reach, the experience you hope to create and the parts of the manuscript that concern you. An edit is most useful when it answers the right questions, not simply when it marks the most changes.
Across fiction, nonfiction and memoir, that means looking at the whole reading experience. A note about pacing may really be about missing stakes. A sentence that feels awkward may be carrying too many ideas. The task is to find the cause before proposing the cure.
Suggestions remain yours to accept, adapt or decline. Significant changes should be explained, and the work should give you confidence to revise rather than leave you guessing what the editor meant.
Working together
What you can expect
Direct communication
Your enquiry and editorial questions go to Victor, so the person discussing the work is the person reading it.
A clear scope
Before an edit begins, you should understand the service, deliverables and agreed timeline.
Respect for your voice
The goal is not to make your book sound like another writer's. It is to make your choices more effective on the page.
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