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20 per package - Virtual OK - Posted Aug 12, 2017

I can provide some light copy edits, general grammar advice, and structural advice on your fiction writing. I will provide encouragement as well as actionable questions to improve your work over-all.

I don't believe in 'harsh' criticism, so if you're looking for a drill sergeant to 'shame you' into being a better writer, that's not my bag. Everyone has a story in them, and suffocating voices because the lack education, experience, or 'mainstream' thinking. I'll be honest with you, but I don't have any interest in tearing you or your writing down. Bad writing is subjective.

This is for one pass on a draft that's a thousand words or less. I can answer some questions after my initial review but I can't do a whole lot of back and forth.

Any genre is okay. I reserve the right so pass if your story is too much for me personally. (Does the dog die? Yeah no thank you.) I support your right to write what you like, but I also support my right to not read what I don't like. :D I'll probably say no to erotica just in general, because I'm not sure I can help with that kind of writing.

Training & Qualifications


I am a professional freelance writer, fiction writer, and teach English. I've been writing professionally for ten years, and have learned a lot about communicating ideas in the process. Because I teach ESL, I'm open to and happy to help second language English writers. Please don't hesitate!

Availability & Preferences


I can only really communicate by email, and I'm on Tokyo time. So there may be a slight delay getting back to you.

Trading Preference: I’m flexible, just hit me up!

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About Filamena Young

Hi! I'm a thirty something mom with three kids, a novel (or three) on the way, and 400 of other people's kid. (That is, I'm a teacher too!) I teach English as a second language in rural Japan. It's a...mazing. I understand how frustrating it can be for people communicating in a second language (my Japanese is just terrible,) and I have a real soft spot for helping out in that department. I believe everyone has a story inside themselves, and we shouldn't suffocate voices when we can build them up. I've been a professional freelancer for the past ten years, writing fiction and doing game design. It's been a trip. Before that I've waited tables, worked as a spiritualist at an occult shop and a lot of other wild things along the way. I love giant robots (mech) and small plastic toys of them. I love optimistic post apocalyptic stories. I love human beings. show more

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