The Best Story Editors
Meet the perfect editors to make your story amazing
Fictionary StoryCoach Certified Editors are specifically trained on the techniques that make stories resonate with readers.
Our editors will focus in on your story’s most essential elements: plot, characters, and settings. Their intensive training and thorough assessment means that they have a systematic process for analyzing and improving every scene by using the story arc, entry and exit hooks, POV anchors, character goals, backstory, tension, conflict and more.
If you have a good story, but need help turning it into a bestseller, then a StoryCoach editor can get you there.
Join the free Fictionary community and get to know our editors.
Feedback from Adrienne N. Deeb on working with a Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Editor
“I just received my story edits from the one and only, Lucy Cooke 🙌.
Wow, saying they’re spectacular is an understatement.
If any of you are on the fence about working with a Fictionary Story Coach Editor, JUST DO IT!
The insight and actionable advice I’ve received are invaluable.
I’m super excited to get to work on the rapid action plan Lucy has provided and turn my manuscript into a masterpiece.
Wish me luck! ✨”
(Adrienne went on to win the Book of the Year Award for her novel, The Untouchable Gift)
Introducing our Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Editors.
Finding the right editor is a bit like dating. Have a look through the profiles below and find someone who specialises in the kind of writing you do.
Then, reach out to them. All of our editors will offer a sample edit so you can make sure that the fit is right.
Raquel Brown
Excellent edits lead to enchanting books! I’m excited to support your writing journey as a UChicago-trained fiction editor and story craft coach. Throughout my career, I’ve partnered with authors and publishers of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance, and Horror. I’ll help you elevate your unique voice and achieve your publishing goals with thoughtful, detailed, and enthusiastic Fictionary StoryCoach edits.
Let’s get started—reach out today at https://raquelbrown.com. Can’t wait to hear from you!
Celeste Keckley
Every writer has a message, and their story is the messenger. This message is the sum of a writer’s thoughts, ideas and experiences crystalized into one theme. And this theme, when delivered proficiently, can alter the reader’s view of the world.
As a writer, you are powerful and you wield this power through the written word. But to wield this power, you must speak the reader’s language. My job is to assist you in ensuring your story speaks this language. I will use the Fictionary process to provide comprehensive, straightforward, actionable suggestions that showcase the beauty of your voice, so your message is crisp to the reader’s ear.
You can contact me in the Fictionary community. I look forward to serving you!
Polly Watt
A former refugee lawyer in the UK, Polly Watt honed her skills working on cases where careful editing often really was a matter of life and death.
As a Fictionary StoryCoach Editor, she will apply the same care and attention to detail to your structural story edit. She’s passionate about stories and loves working on all different types of literary genres.
Lisa Taylor
Stories are powerful. Through my experience as an educator and librarian, I’ve explored how stories work and supported writers in finding their voices and honing their craft.
As a Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Editor, I offer a thorough, objective structural story edit that honours your voice, recognises and celebrates your skill, and offers clear, actionable ideas on ways to make your story shine even more. You can reach me through the Fictionary Online Community.
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Heather Wood
By combining my experience of teaching writing at the secondary level with a Fictionary StoryCoach Edit, I will help you strengthen your story while honoring the care and effort you have dedicated to your art.
Pamela Hines
Pamela is a certified Story Grid editor, developmental editor, copyeditor, and book coach. She will combine her Story Grid knowledge with technology and use Fictionary StoryCoach software to provide you with an exceptional story edit.
Contact at: https://pdhines.com
Ali Bumbarger
I am passionate about helping writers build their stories to their fullest potential. As a Fictionary Certified StoryCoach editor, I am here to encourage and support you while providing an objective, structural edit on your manuscript. I will honor your vision and artistry, while offering actionable advice to help you strengthen your unique story and create a novel readers love. Find through the Fictionary community or at [email protected].
Adrienne Deeb
As a Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Editor, I will delve deep into your story. Together, we will brainstorm, tweak, and perfect your manuscript, using Fictionary’s thirty-eight elements for structure. This is your story, and I’d be honored to help you make it shine. Find me in the Fictionary community.
Casper Pieters
PhD Dip Ed
Hand me your speculative fiction and I’ll apply that special knowledge for you.
James Gallagher
As a Fictionary-Certified StoryCoach Editor, I am eager to help you tell your story. I have a special fondness for horror, romance, and genre fiction, and I’m both a developmental editor and a copy editor.
More about me can be found at CastleWallsEditing.com.
Want to become A Fictionary Certified StoryCoach? Find out more.
StoryCoach Certification Training
Kristin McTiernan
If you want to blow your editing clients away with a thorough and in-depth story critique, definitely get your certification and start using this amazing program!
Contact at: The Nonsense-Free Editor
Ryan Rivers
Ryan is a developmental editor, specializing in mystery and crime fiction. He’s also the author of the Bucket List Mysteries, a comedic cozy series featuring ICU nurse Sho Tanaka and former tween TV detective Levi Blue.
Contact at www.ryanriversbooks.com/editing
Sherry Leclerc
An experienced author, editor, and educator, Sherry Leclerc has been teaching English and French to primary through to adult students since 2000. She became a Fictionary Certified StoryCoach in 2021
Contact at: www.sherryleclerc.com
Ane Ryan Walker
An editor trained and certified can be a godsend for the inexperienced writer. For the experienced writer, an exceptional editor is a “must have”.
Contact at: AneRyanWalker.com
Jefferson Gaskin
StoryCoach Certification Training has supercharged my editing!
Contact at: FirstEditing.com
Kara Henderson
Rachel Hills
Your need for editing meets my passion for story when I edit your manuscript. Using Fictionary, I provide an objective edit tethered to your artistry. In addition, I offer two decades’ experience in editing (copy, line, and developmental) paired with training in book coaching and ghostwriting.
Contact: AuthorsWhoServe.com and in the community
Michael Springer
StoryCoach gives you all you need to provide a detailed and thorough developmental appraisal of any narrative.
Contact at: FirstEditing.com
Sacha Black
StoryCoach will give you in-depth knowledge about story from first word to final chapter.
Contact at: Sacha Black
Shane Millar
Brigitte Lavoie
Brigitte is a Creative Mentor and Fictionary Certified Story Coach working with French and English authors. She has published four quantum SFF novels. https://www.abalabee.com/mentoring
Joanne Lane
I’m a much better editor today and my clients have benefited.
Contact at: FirstEditing.com
Max Dade
I can say with confidence that the StoryCoach platform allows a detailed breakdown of any story.
Contact at: FirstEditing.com
Allison Itterly
Every book is unique, but any book can benefit from an edit in StoryCoach. It’s incredible what this software can do!
Contact at: FirstEditing.com
L. Cooke
As a Fictionary certified Editor, I will explore your Work-In-Progress, chapter-by-chapter, scene-by-scene, story-element-by-story-element. You will end up with a treasure map of sorts, full of actionable advice and a greater understanding of your Work-In-Progress.
Contact at: https://invermuse.co.uk/
Want to become A Fictionary Certified StoryCoach? Find out more.
StoryCoach Certification Training