Eliot West

Eliot West (eliotwesteditorial.com) is an independent editor, writing coach, and teacher with a specialty in inclusive language and storytelling. Eliot works with romance and fantasy fiction, scholarly nonfiction, digital interactive fiction, children’s nonfiction, and more.

As a coach and teacher, they support writers across genres in developing writing practices that work with their particular brains and lives, setting and meeting drafting and revision goals, and leveling up craft skills. They also regularly co-host online writing groups and are a founder of Wholehearted Writers, yet another way to support joyful process and connections!

After decades of professional experience with stories, Eliot knows their way around narrative techniques, the writing process, and writers' pain points. They hold a PhD in English literature, with a focus on literary theory and the novel—but their real education has been in reading queer romance, working with writers, and getting their hands dirty in manuscripts as texts grow into themselves.

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