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Learn to edit novels with confidence and skill.

Whether you’re new to editing or looking to deepen your skills, Liminal Pages delivers online training to freelance fiction editors who take their craft seriously.

Taught by an experienced fiction editor.

I’m Sophie Playle, founder of Liminal Pages. After more than a decade running a successful freelance editing business specialising in fiction, I now train editors to approach novel editing with confidence and rigour.

My courses are recognised by the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading and are shaped by hands-on experience, advanced study in Creative Writing and years of professional development.

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Core training

Liminal Pages offers four core courses in sentence-level and structural fiction editing. These can be taken individually or in combination, depending on the services you want to offer.

Developmental Editing: Fiction Theory

What you need to know to help authors improve their novels. Learn how to assess an author’s manuscript and help them reshape it into something stronger.

Developmental Editing: In Practice

How to conduct your professional service and work with clients. Learn how to assess, quote, complete and deliver a developmental editing project.

Tea and Commas: The Foundations of Line and Copy-Editing Fiction

What you need to know to offer sentence-level fiction editing. Learn the practical side of on-screen mark up as well as the nuances of what to change in an author’s manuscript.

Coffee and Clauses: The Art of Line and Copy-Editing Fiction

How to edit sentences with discernment, skill and creative intelligence. Learn to work confidently at the sentence level, helping authors sharpen their prose without flattening their voice.

Sophie is a witty and reassuringly clued-up guide to the intricacies of fiction editing, and has made learning some intimidatingly tricky concepts both illuminating and fun. The course was well-designed, concise and comprehensive. It has fundamentally changed the way I think about stories, and is well worth your time.

Graham Clarke

Fiction editing is a specialist skill that deserves specialist training. Liminal Pages provides comprehensive training for freelance editors, focused on the essential competencies of fiction editing – so you don’t need to keep taking course after course to feel confident in your work. Instead, you’ll build the clarity and skill to edit novels effectively and help authors elevate their craft.

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