WORDSHARP
Editing and Proofreading
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Fantasy & Science Fiction

Science fiction writers have the ability to conjure up and master whole worlds and dimensions of beings, their philosophies, languages, and scientific and technical terminology of inordinate complexity well beyond the bounds of anything known to humankind, and then describe all of this in a way that is fully comprehensible to their beloved sci-fi readers. Science fiction readers have the skillful ability to stretch their minds beyond the here and now and to inhabit these worlds. Perhaps more than any other genre, science fiction readers demand the highest level of believability and consistency and internal logic from the creations of highly skilled science fiction writers. A science fiction writer’s prose can never be dull, implausible or inconsistent. This is where the choice of an editor is crucial for a promising science fiction story. Finally, science fiction writers must also fulfill the elements critical to all fiction, such as plotting, pacing, and suspense-building from the dramatic opening scene to the satisfying resolution. You need an editor who recognizes the difference between typos and science fiction vocabulary and one who doesn't sacrifice lush description for the sake of technical terminology.

The following are just some of the authors we work with who write in fantasy, science fiction, and mixed genres.