Zara Altair

Zara Altair – Editor

Fiction and non-fiction content editing. Unbiased overview, specific comments, 1-on-1 live consult. Protect your book from the outset.

Overview

Save your story before you begin. Story overview. 1-on-1 consult. Build your sound foundation. Unbiased, thoughtful attention to your book concept. Custom-written, no-negativity review with remedy suggestions.

Non-Fiction - Overall Structure and Method
Overall flow, clarity, and consistency
Voice and reader connection
Missing points and their remedies
Reader impact - will reader learn/be inspired, etc.
Chapter benefit to overall manuscript

Fiction - Overall Structure and Story Flow
Story arc
Character development & integrity
Believability & flow of dialogue
Plot - twists, pace, suspense, plausibility
Show vs. tell
Genre tropes met
Story essence

Add-Ons
Rewritten book outline incorporating suggestions
Mid-Manuscript live consultation
Monthly manuscript development consultations

Bulletproof your book idea. Save hours of rewrite time.
Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure Historical Fiction Mystery & Crime Thriller & Suspense
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Computers & Internet Self-Help & Self-Improvement True Crime Writing & Publishing

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2006 — Present

Developmental help for film, fiction, and non-fiction writers.

From outline, to synopsis/treatment, to full manuscript.

Portfolio

Russian Drift

Dragan Tupaic

The Italian mafia loses their monopoly of New York streets when their hacker is imprisoned and a Russian billionaire's investment in new super-speed race Russian Drift allows the Russians to gain control. Behind bars, hacker Gene learns of Russian Drift and vo... read more
Gaming The Million

Dragan Tupaic

GAMING THE MILLION - a crime action novel by Dragan Tupaic Gene Nielsen, kisses the wrong girl, the daughter of the Gypsy Copper King. Only his Russian adversaries, led by the billionaire Ivanov, could save him from losing his head to the jealous husband and f... read more
Buried Treasure. Big dogs. A Gang of Cats. A kidnapping. And tangles with Maintenance Man. Trouble has a way of finding Max, but when he teams up with young schoolgirl, Tammy, it’s double trouble. Max and Tammy find adventures galore in The Park. Across The Un... read more
Meet Max, a cat who tells stories, collected in a series of humorous, adventure tales full of laughter, tenderness, and escapes in Tails From The Park. Max has an abundance of hereditary feline curiosity. What starts out as innocent exploration often leads to ... read more

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