Unputdownable: Storytelling and Self-Editing Handbook

by Nina Grove Hansen, Adam Bartley (Illustrator)

After decades in the industry, editor Nina Grove Hansen reveals the secrets to creating compelling fiction.

This accessible handbook will guide you through constructive rounds of self-editing, mirroring the exact process that Nina uses with her authors.

Each editing round hones your story further, leading with the broad brushstrokes of genre, plot and structure before focusing on the finer details of character, viewpoints and how to show but not tell.

Unputdownable is filled with practical exercises and tools to overcome the most persistent obstacles to the creative process. At its heart is What-if?, a tried-and-tested method that fosters originality by turning a writer’s assumptions upside down.

Stop struggling. Start writing. Don’t let another story idea go to waste.

275 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 29, 2025

Reviews

[Ton Bil · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book about good story writing. It certainly is more than a guide for editing. Of course editing and writing are water and tap, or cloud and sky: one doesn't come without the other. I had the idea I was following a very extensive and well-organized writing course. I recommend for fiction writers especially.