Rebecca Langley

It is Rebecca’s delight and privilege to work as an editor. She’s worked across multiple genres and specializes in maintaining author voice and style, so that your story is YOUR story – polished.
6 Ways Salman Rushdie Can Improve Your Writing - Salman Rushdie stands thinking about the flags of India and the UK.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

6 Ways Salman Rushdie Can Improve Your Writing

Salman Rushdie is well known for his outspoken nature and the deadly fatwa issued in answer to his work. His novel Midnight’s Children won several awards and made it onto Modern Library’s 100 best novels list, but many are also familiar with the book that sent him into hiding, The Satanic Verses, and his riveting,

Read More »
Primary and Secondary Emotions Can Unlock Your Characters - A character holds his head, surrounded by emoji-style faces.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

Primary and Secondary Emotions Can Unlock Your Characters

Most of us are familiar with the idea that characters need to be multidimensional to be believable. E.M. Forster gave us terms for this discussion, ‘flat’ and ‘round’ characters, but the term ‘well-rounded’ predates Forster by at least a century, and the discussion of emotional complexity is as old as history. People simply aren’t simple,

Read More »
How To Make An Unlikable Protagonist Work For Your Story - A bully brays, surrounded by skulls.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

How To Make An Unlikable Protagonist Work For Your Story

Literature and TV are chock-full of compelling but detestable protagonists. Even when these characters don’t undergo a dramatic transformation – à la Ebenezer Scrooge – they captivate an audience and are often wildly popular. Let’s explore what makes unlikable protagonists work. There’s a little bit of human psychology behind it and plenty of literary mechanism.

Read More »
How To Make Sure Your Characters Don't Speak In The Same Voice - Two characters talk, their speech bubbles filled with identical symbols.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

How To Make Sure Your Characters Don’t Speak In The Same Voice

Have you ever read a book where every character – from the six-year-old in pigtails to the wizened sea captain to the stripper – sounds the same? It’s easy for authors to stumble into this mono-tone pitfall. The task of writing a story is already monumental, and adopting a narrative voice appropriate to the story

Read More »

Talk to us

Have any questions? We are always open to talk about your writing, publishing projects, creative opportunities and how we can help you.