Justine Manzano
@justinemanzano.bsky.social
YA Author of The Keys & Guardians Series 🗝 , Never Say Never 💕, Editor-in-Residence at @Write_Hive, Director of Operations @IKnowWhySheStayed Neurodiverse Spoony, Mama, Wife, Geek, Badass. She/Her 🏳️🌈
Editing should never feel like a kick to the shins. It’s supposed to be about lending a helping hand in realizing your true vision.
January 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Editing should never feel like a kick to the shins. It’s supposed to be about lending a helping hand in realizing your true vision.
Well, with the right editor, it will be very nice editorial criticism. 😉
January 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Well, with the right editor, it will be very nice editorial criticism. 😉
No spoilers!!! lol
January 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
No spoilers!!! lol
However, editors are good for catching those things. We have a distance from the story and we are reading it straight through fresh, which is something the writer never gets to do. It comes out of the writer in increments and then when they reread, it’s a story they already know.
January 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
However, editors are good for catching those things. We have a distance from the story and we are reading it straight through fresh, which is something the writer never gets to do. It comes out of the writer in increments and then when they reread, it’s a story they already know.
So happy to help! ❤️
January 4, 2026 at 11:55 PM
So happy to help! ❤️
Thank you! ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Thank you! ❤️
Thank you!!! ❤️
December 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Thank you!!! ❤️
OH that would be awesome!
December 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
OH that would be awesome!
OH NO. I hope it was just this one!
a woman is covering her face with her hands while sitting in a red chair .
Alt: a woman is covering her face with her hands while sitting in a red chair .
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December 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
OH NO. I hope it was just this one!
It's okay to vary up the pattern if it will help the flow of the story. If you do well to solidify the protag at the beginning of the chapter, readers will follow along.
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It's okay to vary up the pattern if it will help the flow of the story. If you do well to solidify the protag at the beginning of the chapter, readers will follow along.