Suzy Pope - Editor

After graduating with a Masters in Creative Writing, I've spent 10 years as a freelance writer and editor between shifts as a librarian. I’ve worked as a magazine editor (food & drink), travel writer and novelist, but my passion lies in tinkering with a manuscript until it’s reached its full potential.

Sure, I can spot a typo a mile off, and can tweak a sentence until it sings. But I really love tying up intricate plot points, tightening up dialogue and shifting scenes around until the structure of a novel flows. I’ve provided developmental edits for a number of published books, two of which are Amazon bestsellers this year (A Time of Birds by Helen Moat and Secrets of a Serial Killer by Rosie Walker)

The Creative Writing Masters at Edinburgh University taught me the ins and outs of plot, pace and structure and I love to share this with aspiring and established authors through my developmental edits. Fiction-wise I've edited twisty thrillers, helping with plotting and tension throughout. In non-fiction I specialise in all things travel; guidebooks, anthologies and memoirs.

Testimonials:

“I am the author of five travel books (published by Signal books, Elbow publishing and Bradt) and it has been fantastic to have Suzy's help in shaping these texts. She's been able to spot the point at which a narrative or a paragraph takes a wrong turn and to work away at the detail to make suggestions in order to get me back on track. I really appreciate her friendly approach, too, always combining suggestions for changes with specific praise on what is working in the writing which motivates me to keep at it.” -- Elizabeth Gowing, author and travel writer.

“I've worked with Suzy over a good number of years as a freelance travel writer for well-known regional and national publications and as a successful author of a guide book and travel narrative. Suzy is an encouraging, perceptive and careful editor, with an excellent eye for detail. She will not only ensure pieces are written with accurate grammar and punctuation, but also succinctly and vividly. I thoroughly recommend her.” -- Helen Moat, author and travel writer.