Penny Carroll

writer + editor

I'm a freelance fiction editor devoted to helping writers tell their stories with confidence and clarity. Sign up to my fortnightly newsletter for editing tips, support and inspiration.

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Goal-setting, but not as you know it

Hi Reader, If you’re writing a book, I bet you have a goal to get it finished and on shelves one day. I love that for you! Not just because it will be so freaking cool to see your hard work in print, but because achieving that goal is going to fulfil you on a deeper, emotional level. Self-belief. Pride. Validation. Security. Belonging. These are all worthy, complex, human needs. In fiction, we call them internal goals. They’re the deeper desires that drive your characters’ external goals. And...

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Trust issues

7 months ago

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Permission granted

8 months ago

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When is the best time to work with beta readers?

9 months ago

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Let’s hear it for semicolons

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