The principles of storytelling remain true across fiction, non-fiction, lyrics, and screenplays.

Structuring your manuscript to best capture your story and convey your ideas is the first step. A strong foundation gives you the power to engage a large audience clearly and effectively, maintaining your reader’s attention through an entire book.

The message and language must remain clear in any writing.

As a ghostwriter and developmental editor, Jason Kenny has helped authors, thought leaders, business leaders and other writers craft and refine their message. The first step is discussing your project and developing that foundation early. Then the writing can begin.

Jason Kenny offers different services to help you complete your manuscript your way. He has worked as a ghostwriter for hire, completing novels, business books, screenplays, song lyrics, coaching guides and more on a commission basis. In other projects, he’s helped refine later drafts as either an editor or writing coach.

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Power of Collaboration
Power of Collaboration

When you find the right collaborator then your creative process gains fertility. There are new ideas coming in. New energy. Other people are better at some part of the process. And a truly wonderful collaboration shares a combined understanding of the work.

Finding Your Own Road
Finding Your Own Road

All roads might lead to Rome, but you still have to find the road that works for you. There are many different ways to write and find your way through your story. But what works for someone else doesn't mean it's the way for you.

Playing Inspiration
Playing Inspiration

My main gripe with films about artists is how it’s shown that they come up with the work. Often the films disregards the process and show the work as coming down all at once. Appearing from the ether fully formed.

This cheapens the work of the artist.

Each project is different. So I approach each book individually.

 

Ghostwriting and Developmental Editing are about collaboration. My role is to bring an in depth knowledge of story structure and writing principles to develop and refine your vision and story into a powerful book.

Some projects require an editing or analysis to be finished. Other projects require coaching through the writing process, or commission the majority of the writing in the style of a traditional ghostwriter.

Ghostwriting covers full manuscript development. It’s akin to commissioning the writing of your book. Perhaps you’ve already written an outline, a handful of chapters, or have presentations written as a place to start. Maybe at this point the book is just an idea. Through interviews and discussions, Jason Kenny will develop your ideas into a manuscript ready for publication. More on Working With A Ghostwriter.

Developmental Editing. If you’ve already written the first draft, or want to do more of the actual writing yourself instead of a standard ghostwriting relationship, working through the developmental editing process is your best way forward. This approach coaches you through the process as you write, keeping your book and writing on track, sharing the writing and work to finish your manuscript on your timeline and schedule.

Manuscript Consultation. Gaining an outside perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of your manuscript is essential to refining your book for publication. A manuscript consultation provides you with detailed notes of what works and where some further work is needed. This is done in conjunction with discussions with you to understand exactly where you want to push the book. Without understanding your motivation and aims, the consultation is not helpful; like drawing a map without compass points.