McDonough Consulting

   Founded 1986

 

Is this you?

●    Are you a person with a story to tell?

●    Do you have written work and are not sure what steps are necessary to get it published?

●    Do you have story ideas and scraps of papers hidden from family and friends?

●    Do you secretly write to express the desires of your soul?

●    Do you believe that the story of your life experiences is a story worth being told?

●    Do you have a desire to leave behind the story of your life, and a record of history that only you can know or tell, to preserve it for your children, grandchildren, and future generations?

●    Do you want to be a published author?

 

Our motto is: From Dreams to Reality, from Reality to Dreams

 

What we can do for the writer in you:

      •    Coaching

      •    In-depth editing

      •    Research assistance

      •    Fact checking

      •    Copyediting

      •    Manuscript and book doctoring

      •    Proofreading

      •    Preparation for publication

      •    and much more!

 

We help you take your manuscript to agent-publisher ready.

 

As a first step, we recommend you read our publication, From Rough to Ready, an Editor’s Tips for Writers, 2nd Edition, by Pat McDonough, and apply it to your manuscript. It will save you time to avoid common pitfalls and make the process of creating your manuscript easier.

 

And you might also enjoy reading From Memories to Memoirs Using the Jump Start Method by Linda Jump. Her proven methods help you to identify stories worth retelling and keeps you moving from story to story to develop a theme. Before you know it you have a completed Memoir and no time for writer’s block.