advice

Here is Mushens Entertainment agency's advice on wordcount per genre with also an internal link to advice for children's fiction. https://www.mushens-entertainment.com/blog/how-to-edit-word-count

BPA has offered me value for money in the past when I played for an editorial read. Prices seem a bit higher... but I got nuts and bolts advice-no being nice because you are paying for this. What I would have gotten from an agent, I think. https://bluepencilagency.com/bpa-pitch-prize-2024/

Alyssa's advice really complements the Litopian method of feedback:

"I never give advice to young writers. They don't need someone to tell them to write something every day. The one thing I will say is: have fun with it. Don't listen to all these authors who tell you that writing is such hard work... If you go into it thinking that, it's going to be a chore for...

My advice for writers? Just get it out. You can fix bad pages. You can’t fix no pages. Harlan Coben (from Guardian interview - 8th January 2022)

“Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don’t write about Man, write about a man.” E. B. White