Telling Our Stories: Seeing Your Work as a Reader Does

A short guide for writers in the middle of a manuscript

You’re no longer at the beginning.

You have pages—perhaps many pages—and the questions you’re asking have changed.

You may find yourself wondering:

How is this story actually landing?
What feels clear to a reader, and what only feels clear because I already know it?
Why is it harder to evaluate my work now than when I started?

Telling Our Stories: Seeing Your Work as a Reader Does is a short reflective guide designed for writers who want to step briefly outside their own perspective and encounter their manuscript differently.

This isn’t a revision plan or craft workbook.
It’s a structured pause—a way to notice what becomes visible when you approach your writing from the reader’s side.

Inside the guide

• Why the middle of a manuscript often feels more uncertain than the beginning

• What readers naturally notice as they move through a story

• A simple exercise for experiencing your work with fresh attention

• Insight into why outside perspective becomes valuable at this stage

No checklists.
No prescriptions.
No pressure to revise immediately.

This guide is for you if

• You’re actively drafting or revising a manuscript

• You sense something working but can’t quite name what

• You’re curious how your story might be experienced by others

• You’re beginning to wonder what developmental editing actually offers

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Part of Telling Our Stories, a developmental editing approach for writers working in the evolving middle stages of a manuscript.