Harold Rhenisch

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Turn your work in progress into a journey. Harold Rhenisch works with dozens of writers every year: publishers, poets, fiction writers, children's writers, and non-fiction writers. By email, over the phone, and in person, he provides feedback and helps them shape their work into publishable shape, and then to expand it into new directions. He has a quick eye, can edit cold and on-the-fly, and uses his extensive library to suggest connections and openings.
 


            

               
                  

               		
               
                  

                  
                  
               		
            

         

         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

      		
   
















Email
         Editing




   

      
         
Convenience
         and flexibility

      		
      
         
Daily,
         weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly consultations on an ongoing
         basis. Together, we can bridge the distances of time and
         space. I work best hands-on, with practical examples linked
         directly to your writing.

      		
   



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Telephone
Editing




   

      
         
Sessions
         can be stand-alone, or in tandem with more frequent email
         sessions. Typically, telephone editing can get deeper into
         depth than can email-editing, and the response time of the
         dialogue is instant. It works very well for assessing the
         intent of a writer's voice, and helping to match that with
         the written product.

      		
      
         
The
         next best thing to sitting at the same table
         together.

      		
   



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In
         Person Editing




   

      
         
People,
         together.

      		
      
         
Your
         house or mine or a classroom, pub, or coffeeshop somewhere
         inbetween: if we can get together, we can work
         together.

      		
   



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Spiritual
Editing




   

      
         
Over
         the years, many writers working with spiritual traditions
         have contacted me, and I have been honoured to work with
         them. Catholics, Buddhists, Anglicans, Wiccans, worshippers
         of the Goddess, Gnostics, and metaphysical poets, have all
         sought me out, and we have journeyed together.
         Read
         more here.

      		
      
         
The
         sacred path.

      		
   



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Rhyme
         Repair




   

      
         
And
         metre, too.

      		
      
         
I
         have helped poets and children's writers fine-tune their
         rhymes and metres, from first drafts to final proofs, to
         help their rhyming verses sing. With my background in both
         classical and modern traditions, I can fine-tune yours,
         too.

      		
   



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Publishability
Reports




   

      
         
Many
         writers contact me for an opinion on the publishability of
         their work. In many cases I have also been able to suggest
         possible Canadian publishers. A manuscript sent incomplete,
         or to the wrong publisher, or with the wrong cover letter,
         can languish for months before being sent back unread.
         Together we can better the odds.

      		
      
         
Who,
         Where, When, What, Why?

      		
   



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Quick
            Reports




   

      
         
An
         economical overview.

      		
      
         
I
         provide this service to writers wishing for an overview of
         the strengths and possible weaknesses of their manuscripts.
         For this service, writers receive a two page report,
         detailed analysis of two poems or two pages, and a few quick
         notes throughout. Many poets, as well, ask for and receive
         reports and advice on the arrangement of their poems in
         series to produce a complete book.

      		
   



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Detailed
Revisions




   

      
         
I
         provide this service to writers wishing for a line-by-line,
         page-by-page analysis of their work and a detailed revision
         of either complete sections or chapters of books. Even ten
         hours can go a long, long way.

      		
      
         
The
         works!!

      		
   



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Forensic
         Edits




   

      
         
Identifying
         the weak link.

      		
      
         
Writers
         send me manuscripts, which have been returned to them from
         publishers and agents with encouraging but critical notes. I
         work with them to identify the weak links in the
         manuscripts, pair them with the strengths of the
         manuscripts, to suggests simple, practical steps for
         improving the publishability of the work.

      		
   



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New
Departures




   

      
         
Writers
         also send me manuscripts when they have embarked on new
         directions, and wish the benefit of my experience with
         genres and genre-crossing, to let them know if they are on
         the path, and where the path might be leading. 

      		
      
         
Take
         advantage of my experience.

      		
   



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