Credentials

Amy Davies, BA

English Literature and Creative Writing (First class BA), 2015-2018

I studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university and graduated with a first-class bachelor’s degree.

It was during these three years that I began to lean more and more into creative writing, both in developing my own writing skills and learning writing theory. This creative writing side of my ungraduate degree played a key role in the development of my skills as an editor – in particular, the skills to offer structural editing services. POV, psychic distance, characterisation, plot & story: my knowledge of these key things developed significantly at this stage of my education. Finally, I produced a first-class creative writing dissertation as part of my first-class degree!

Throughout my creative writing education I always favoured fiction writing and, more specifically, experimental fiction.

Amy Davies, MA

Publishing (MA), 2018-2019

I then moved into completing my master’s degree in Publishing. Throughout my master’s degree, I gained extensive up-to-date knowledge of the publishing industry and the skills to work in various departments within it: marketing, production, editorial, and design. I was taught and examined in the art of copyediting, typesetting, and all things editorial. This educational experience also gave me invaluable knowledge of the publishing industry, allowing me to give clients advice regarding the publishability of their novels and where their manuscripts fit into the market. I also have a background in writing script appraisals and copywriting for university publications.

It became clear to me in this year how passionate I was about becoming an editor. Not only this, but I became obsessed with the idea of modernising the process and creating a service that made editing more accessible.