Tiffany Yates MartinTiffany Yates Martin

Tiffany Yates Martin has spent nearly thirty years as an editor in the publishing industry, working with major publishers and New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling and award-winning authors as well as indie and newer writers. She is the founder of FoxPrint Editorial and author of the bestseller Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing, and leads seminars and workshops for writers around the country. Under the pen name Phoebe Fox, she’s also the author of six novels. Visit her at www.foxprinteditorial.com.
Picking a Point of View for Your Story
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Consider the benefits and limitations of each POV, along with the feel each might lend to your story and how ...
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How to Pursue a Career in Editing: Advice for College Students
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Although writing and editing are very different skill sets, much of what you can do to master one will serve ...
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Backstory Is Essential to Story—Except When It’s Not
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Focus on the main story’s forward momentum, and use backstory as the seasoning that makes the stew ...
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Is an Editor Worth the Money?
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If you have reason to suspect your story is not quite “there” yet, a professional edit may be what’s needed ...
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What If You’re New to Writing and Don’t Know How to Fix Things?
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Like writing, editing and revision are skills that take time to learn, and they develop only with practice ...
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Why Prologues Get a Bad Rap
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A prologue can open the door to your story and entice the reader in, or throw up a barrier that ...
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Why Plots Fail
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An elaborately structured plot, without clearly-defined character goals and motivations, is like mapping a trip and calling it a vacation ...
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How Suspense and Tension Work Together to Increase Story Impact
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Skillful authors weave suspense and tension to draw readers through stories on a taut thread of unanswered questions and constant ...
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Improve Your Own Storytelling by Analyzing Other People’s
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One of the best ways an author can learn their own storytelling craft lies in what we already avidly do: ...
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Weaving Flashbacks Seamlessly into Story
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Flashback is a powerful tool for weaving in important backstory—but as with any power tool, using it well requires knowledge ...
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When—and Whether—to Hire a Developmental Editor
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A developmental editor is like any tool in your toolbox. Knowing whether and when to use one will help you ...
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The Secret to a Tight, Propulsive Plot: The Want, The Action, The Shift
The Secret to a Tight, Propulsive Plot: The Want, The Action, The Shift
Framing the overall story, as well as each scene within it, through these key elements will help create a consistently ...
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Deepen Characterization by Mining Your Own Reactions
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Paying attention to your own visceral reactions and thoughts can help you create richly developed characters who leap off the ...
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Understanding Third-Person Point of View: Omniscient, Limited and Deep
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Third-person POV dominates the current publishing market, so it’s helpful to learn to navigate its many facets ...
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4 Story Weaknesses That Lead to a Sagging Middle
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If your middle’s lost momentum, check to see if your plot, characters, stakes and suspense consistently propel readers along the ...
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Who Makes It Happen? Giving Your Characters Agency
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Your protagonist must directly influence or engineer her own destiny. If she doesn’t, she isn’t the hero; she’s a passenger ...
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