Concept Development
The focus at the beginning is helping students identify what kind of story they want to tell and generate ideas for their story. We explore genres and their characteristics and define the scope of their project.
Planning & Drafting
We guide students to sift through their multitude of ideas and structure their story. We support students with narrative scaffolds and planning tools to create a preliminary map that guides them as they draft.
We help develop time management skills, setting targets and milestones so they can make consistent progress on a first draft. Along the way, we conduct tailored lessons on techniques relevant to the writer’s particular story and provide feedback so students develop and refine their writing skills.
Manuscript Review
For students who have independently worked on and drafted the story they want to publish, we can do a manuscript review, which includes one page of feedback notes for the writer and a one-to-one meeting.
Developmental Editing
The hallmark of our rigorous writing workshops, this revision and editing process not only prepares students’ writing for publication but also teaches young writers the invaluable skills of looking critically at their own work and considering how to improve their writing and incorporate feedback.
During the developmental editing stage, we work with the students to look at the completed draft overall and find the heart of the story. As they draft, writers explore, and sometimes themes and new ideas emerge. This is a natural part of the writing process and how stories evolve.
Here then is where we find focus and do guided explorations to add depth. We check for plot holes, consistency and logical progression, and we go back and develop character voice and details.
Line Editing
During the line editing stage, students look at sentence structure and variety, word choice and style. They also develop their technical writing skills as they proofread their stories, review relevant grammar rules and correct their most common errors.
Publishing Services
We work with a team to offer publishing services that preserve our young authors’ voices and involve them in the process. They are expected to share references they like and some even provide sketches of their covers.
Copyediting
Cover Design
Book Design & Layout
Proofreading
Book Printing
ISBN Registration
The ECP Difference
Our writing coaches are the unique combination of writer-teacher-editor specialised in working with children and young adults. As writers, we understand the processes and challenges of crafting a story, and our years of experience as teachers of writing enable us to guide students effectively—to learn and grow as writers.
Working with young people to revise and edit their work is something we take very seriously. It’s not just checking for spelling or grammatical errors; it’s not making it “sound better”. It’s about supporting these authors to find the heart of their stories and to express what they’ve envisioned in a way that their readers can experience it too. Perhaps most importantly, it’s about preserving the author’s voice and honouring where they are in their writing journey.
At the same time, we don’t believe in publishing for publishing’s sake.
We believe wholeheartedly in writing for the joy of the process, for expression, for self-reflection, and for the multitude of other ways that writing can nurture our minds and our souls.
But if we’re writing to publish, we need to put in the work—the time, the effort, the critical reflection—that prepares a book for other readers. This authentic process enables our writers to publish a book they are proud of now and later as they continue to explore their passion for writing. After all, we expect that the stories and books we publish are only the first of many for these aspiring authors!
Author Profiles
Annabel had the opportunity to share her third book, The Adventures of Smart Sam, at Bookazine’s BookFest last year, and she is now working on her fourth book, combining her two loves—writing and football.
With her third book, An Unbreakable Promise, Audrey shares the story of a young girl battling cancer to help raise awareness of the challenges faced by paediatric cancer patients. Proceeds from sales of An Unbreakable Promise support Little Life Warrior Society, a charity that aims to promote and improve the services and welfare of child cancer patients in Hong Kong, and Audrey received a Kids4Kids “Action For A Cause” grant to support her work advocating for this cause.
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