Are you a freelancer? Do you provide an editing, coaching, marketing, illustration, or book review service? Green Owl Publications would love to add you to our list of resources!

Requirements:
1. Must have experience in the provided service.
2. Must connect with me, Jaclyn M. Bartz (Founder), through LinkedIn for evaluation.
3. Must provide a description of services and fees.
4. Must provide website links for potential clients.
5. Must share this site on Social Media networks to let others know about this valuable resource.

Extras:
1. Client recommendations would be appreciated.
2. Educational Background is a plus since higher education will lead to a wider clientele.

Are you an entry level professional? We would love to add you to the list as well.
1. Willing to dedicate your time to complete assignments.
2. Meet deadlines.
3. Provide free or reasonable price for service.

Expectations:
1. Maintain a professional attitude.
2. Be respectful at all times toward clients and other professionals.
3. Communication is key. Please be straightforward and honest in your business communications.

How will you be disqualified from being listed as a resource?
1. Customer complaints. If there is a significant number of complaints against your services you will be immediately removed from the list.
2. Insufficient educational and professional experience. If you are claiming to be an editor, then you must at least have a minor in English (for entry level) or a bachelors (for professionals).
3. Fees must be reasonable. If you are an expert, obviously your fees will reflect your skills. However, if you are entry level trying to charge expert wages, you may not be accepted as a resource for this list.
4. Spam. If you engage in activities that may be deemed as spam, then you will be removed.
5. Malicious behavior. This list is strictly for honest, good-natured, and ethical professionals.

Example of a Displayed Freelance Professional:

Baker, Chef. Professional Editor. 25 years experience. Services: Line editing, proofreading, content editing.
    Education: Bachelors of English. Fees: Range from $100 to $500 per document or $.60 per word.
    Website: Baking&Editing.com      Contact: Baker (at) outlook (dot) com or (111) 111-1111
    Office Hours: M-F 8am to 12pm.

or

Typer, Mo. Book Reviewer. Services: Historical Fiction Novels--Target Audience Adult. Website: MoBooks.com.
     Email: [email protected] Fees: Free Reviews (First Come-First Serve)




This resource is not a paid position. Nor will you be charged a fee to be placed on the list. However, there is only a limited amount of spaces for each freelance position. The first 25 professionals in each freelance position that contact me will be placed. If the spots are full, you can request to be added to a waiting list.




These requirements may be changed or updated as needed.

Thank you! I look forward to working with you!

George pushed his way through the crowd. "I need to get past all of these people," he whispered to himself. As he shifted and stammered, he tripped over the lengthy dress of his colleague.
"What a clumsy man!" Stephanie thought. She yanked her dress out from under his feet. George kept moving ignoring the woman's glare. His mission was too important.

What is wrong with this passage? If your answer was a switch in the point of view, then you are correct! Point of view, or POV, is extremely important when writing a coherent, well-constructed literary piece. POV is the glue that holds the story together. It helps the reader enter the world the author created by placing them directly into the character's soul. They get to escape into the character's foreign world and experience it as though they are that character. (Of course this leads into another related topic of showing instead of telling; but, that is a topic for another date.) So think about it, would you want to be ripped from one character and tossed into the soul of another? No thank you! It is not pleasant and extremely unfair to the reader.

The worst part is your story can be ruined by this switch. You have just lost your reader, received a terrible review, and had your story tossed. Yikes! And that reader is going to tell their friends and family about the awful story they just read. (Never underestimate the power of a "word-of-mouth" conversation.)

The great thing is POV mistakes can be caught in the revision stage. How? Simply delete those scenes or, if they are vital, change them so the character experiences it. Take a note of the following example:

George pushed his way through the crowd. "I need to get past all of these people," he whispered to himself. As he shifted and stammered, he tripped over the lengthy dress of his colleague. The young woman shot him an icy glare before she yanked her dress out from under his feet. George avoided her eyes and trudged on. He had to complete his mission. The fate of the world rested on his success.

The original scene had the reader jump from George's POV to Stephanie's POV and then back to George. The revised scene follows only George's POV. Stephanie's POV was changed to show her actions versus her personal thoughts. This is one simple solution that address the problem.

If your story requires multiple POVs, please separate them with chapter changes or section breaks. A great example is Dean Koontz' book, Dragon Tears. He does an amazing job switching between the main character's POV and the villain's POV.

I hope you have learned the importance of point of view. Please feel free to add, share, and discuss this in the comments below.

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I am pleased to announce the beginning of something special--Green Owl Publications! As an infant, Green Owl Publications is a place for education. The mission--To Advise, Educate & Inspire! This is a special place where artists can find information about the writing, illustrating, and publishing processes. I am glad you have joined me for this awesome adventure! Talk to you soon!

Jaclyn M. Bartz
Founder/Author/Illustrator/Book Reviewer (Whew! That's a bundle full of words!)