Experienced fiction editor Kristen Tate will share the concepts and strategies she developed while writing her book Novel Study: Decoding the Secrets and Structures of Contemporary Fiction. At the story level, she’ll show how tools like intensity mapping and tracking story questions can help you diagnose plot problems and identify where a manuscript needs more juice. At the scene level, she’ll explain how breaking down scene components can help you identify why a scene isn’t working. And at the sentence level, she’ll share examples of when authors successfully break writing “rules”—like using passive voice or filter words—and how to recognize these as deliberate craft choices. Finally, she’ll demonstrate how to build your own Novel Study toolkit to sharpen your editorial instincts and better support the authors you work with.

Submit questions for this event here. Questions must be submitted by the Friday before the event!

Kristen Tate has been a freelance book editor for a decade, with hundreds of books under her belt. She has a PhD in English from Columbia University, with a focus on novels and publishing history. She has been thinking about how novels work and how readers experience them for many years and brings this rich experience to her editing. An internship at Chronicle Books, intensive developmental editing courses through the Editorial Freelancers Association, and a Professional Editing Certificate from University of California at Berkeley ensure that the advice you receive is accurate, reliable, and up-to-date.

Kristen serves on the board of directors of The Editorial Freelancers Association and Writeability. She appears frequently as a speaker at writing conferences and on writing-related podcasts.

This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. It will be recorded.

Topic: Sharpen Your Editing Skills by Studying Fiction with Kristen Tate

Time: Jul 14, 2025 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Are you a developmental editor, or interested in developmental editing? Join us for an informal chat about this fun and fascinating variety of editing.

This event is free to attend and open to all editors. 

If you have any questions about this event, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the host.

Topic: Developmental Editing Happy Hour

Time: Jul 15, 2025 05:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Every month on the Third Tue, 3 occurrence(s) remaining with these details.

Jul 15, 2025 05:00 PM
August 19, 2025 05:00 PM
September 16, 2025 05:00 PM

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If you copyedit or proofread fiction or want to learn more about doing so, join host Erin Cusick for an informal discussion about the joys and challenges associated with editing fiction. Come prepared to share insights and experiences, ask questions, or just listen to learn from others. Though the event is open to all editors, the discussion will stick closely to copyediting and proofreading.

This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. 

Topic: Happy Hour Discussion: Copyediting and Proofreading Fiction

Time: July 16, 2025 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Jul 16, 2025 04:00 PM
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This coffee chat centers people who work as editors and are living with disability and/or chronic illness. It is open to everyone. The idea was partly inspired by an active peer group currently hosted by the Society of Authors.

Group agreements that will be open for discussion at the start of the chat:

* Disclosure (of illness/disability/etc.) is welcome. Disclosure is not required.

* There are no requirements. We participate (or not) in the ways that work for us.

* We take care of ourselves. Stretch, eat, drink, take a break, etc.

* We can’t be articulate all the time. We give each other the benefit of the doubt and ask questions.

* We keep confidentiality: Learning goes, stories stay.

Discussion topics for this online chat are currently open. If you have a conversation topic you would like to host (for this meeting or at a different day/time), please contact me! I also have a list of topics to bring to the meeting in case they are needed.

Topic: Editing With Disability/Chronic Illness

Time: Sep 18, 2025 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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NOTE: The July meeting of this event unfortunately had to be cancelled.

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Are you a current Reedsy editor?

Would you like to chat with other Reedsy editors?

Then join in this informal get-together to discuss insights, highlights, and anything about your efforts and experiences on this platform.

This event is open to members only. If you have any questions about this event, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the host, Sandra Herner. 

Topic: EdsGuild Reedsy Colleagues Connection
Time: Aug 7, 2025 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Join us for our "Editors Helping Editors" meeting. Bring your problems, big and small, as well as your thinking caps. We'll work together to solve event-goers quandaries and questions, which could range from common questions like how to find clients in a particular field (say academic editing) to more situation-specific issues like why a particular macro isn't working in Word. The only topic that's off limits is setting rates, as that can be seen as price-fixing. However, we can talk about rate-adjacent topics, such as tools and data we use when setting rates, what counts as a tax write-off, and how/when to raise rates.

This event is open to all editors, and will not be recorded. 

Please note that Editors Helping Editors will take a summer break in July, then return in August with a topicless EHE: just an open question session where anyone can ask anything. In September, we will do project management software. 

Topic: Editors Helping Editors

Time: Aug 14, 2025 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Aug 14, 2025 04:00 PM
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Group agreements that will be open for discussion at the start of the chat:

* Disclosure (of illness/disability/etc.) is welcome. Disclosure is not required.

* There are no requirements. We participate (or not) in the ways that work for us.

* We take care of ourselves. Stretch, eat, drink, take a break, etc.

* We can’t be articulate all the time. We give each other the benefit of the doubt and ask questions.

* We keep confidentiality: Learning goes, stories stay.

Topics for the online chat this Monday are currently open. If you have a conversation topic you would like to host (for this meeting or at a different day/time), please contact me! I also have a list of topics to bring to the meeting in case they are needed.

Topic: Editing With Disability/Chronic Illness

Time: Aug 18, 2025 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Every 2 months on the Third Mon, 3 occurrence remaining with these details

Aug 18, 2025 02:00 PM
October 20, 2025 02:00 PM
December 15, 2025 02:00 PM

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Please note, we will take a break for the summer, and meet up again in September.

Are you a technical editor, or interested in learning about technical editing? Join a friendly discussion of editing in technical fields.

This event is free to attend and open to all editors.

If you have any questions about this event, please email info@edsguild.org to be connected with the hosts.

Topic: Technical Editing Meetup

Time: Sep 25, 2025 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Every 2 months on the Fourth Thu, 3 occurrence(s) remaining with these details.

Sep 25, 2025 04:00 PM
Nov 27, 2025 04:00 PM
Jan 22, 2026 04:00 PM

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