Art Kleiner – Editor

We start with an initial thought leader consultation.

I review all your material in depth plus we book 4 hours of time convenient to you.

1. We go through your plans for the book and options for publishing.

2. We create an outline if you need one.

3. We consider your core theme and refine and sharpen it as needed.

4. In-depth editing tutorial: We work with your draft. I show you how it could be edited and improved, building your skills to be your own editor – to create words that will draw people in. We develop your own distinctive written voice.

5. We talk about how to market your book and reach people.

6. We develop a project plan, including a plan for a book proposal if needed.

If you like what we do in the first 4 hours, you can book more time.

This isn't a packaged course. It's tailored to your ideas and audience, working only with your manuscript, meeting your particular needs -- the ones you know about and the ones you don't quite see yet.

I'm an accomplished teacher (at New York University and elsewhere) and a world-renowned writer, editor and ghostwriter. I know how to see what a manuscript needs and bring it to life. I can teach you to do the same with your own work, down to the level of the sentence.

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Other services: Developmental editing and consultation. (Also ghostwriting.)

I've studied what business readers want, and most of all it's credibility and a knack for explaining the world. I can help you bring those qualities to life.

My background: a leading editor of business, management and technology writing, starting with Peter Senge's Fifth Discipline and the best-selling Fifth Discipline Fieldbook series. Also the award-winning management magazine Strategy+Business, where I was editor-in-chief for 15 years,

Among the people with authentic voices whom I've edited are Amy Edmondson, CK Prahalad, Sally Helgesen, Peter Schwartz, Jon Katzenbach, A.G. Lafley, Marshall Goldsmith, and Stewart Brand. I've helped authors in India, the UK, Europe, Australia, Africa, Latin America, and Hong Kong.

I can also help you navigate the worlds of literary agents, publishers, publicists, and self-publishing.

My own books include The AI Dilemma (responsible technology), The Wise Advocate (neuroscience and leadership), and The Age of Heretics (business history). I also have experience with generative AI tools and innovative formats -- using them and creating them.

I'm easy to work with and I am dedicated to helping you.