Why novelists should know structure as well as editors do
How can story structure enhance your creative freedom as a novelist? Helen Corner-Bryant explains.
Founding director of Cornerstones Literary Consultancy UK/US and Honorary Research Fellow of the Centre for Publishing, Department of Information Studies, UCL
Helen Corner-Bryant spent several years in editorial at Penguin before setting up Cornerstones Literary Consultancy in 1998. In 2016, she opened Cornerstones US, creating the world’s first transatlantic literary consultancy. Cornerstones is known for teaching self-editing techniques, providing editorial feedback on all genres, scouting for agents, and launching many writers published by global industry giants including: HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Bloomsbury, Bonnier Books, Chicken House Books, Picador (Pan Macmillan), Faber & Faber, Macmillan USA, Amazon Publishing, and more. Helen is a guest lecturer and Honorary Research Fellow of the Centre for Publishing, Department of Information Studies at UCL.
Helen is the course director of the 18-week online course Edit Your Novel the Professional Way at Professional Writing Academy and is the co-author of the essential Cornerstones guide to editing and submitting a successful novel: On Editing: How to Edit Your Novel the Professional Way (John Murray, 2018).
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