The First Editing Podcast

Are you ready to take your academic paper from rough draft to submission? In this podcast, JoEllen from First Editing shares five essential steps to help you polish your thesis, di...

Join Joellen from First Editing as she breaks down five crucial steps to enhance your scientific manuscript. Learn how to ensure clarity and precision, maintain logical flow and st...

🎬 Crossing the Threshold: Embracing Your Hero’s Journey Welcome to First Editing! I’m JoEllen, and in today’s video, we explore one of the most powerful moments in storytelling:...

📝✨ Welcome to First Editing! I’m JoEllen, and in today’s episode, we’ll explore how to create dynamic and realistic fictional characters using character profiles. ✅ Learn why it’...

Welcome to First Editing! I’m JoEllen, and in this episode, I’ll guide you through the five essential steps in non-fiction writing. Whether you’re crafting a memoir, biography, sel...

In this episode of First Editing, Joellen explains the importance of research protocols in guiding scientists through the research process. She differentiates between research prot...

Today we’ll be talking about chapter length. Many writers find themselves asking how long chapters should be and if there even are any rules to begin with....

Hi! Welcome to First Editing. I’m JoEllen and today we’ll be talking about five essential prewriting steps for authors. Prewriting is the stage before writing the first draft – it...

Today we’ll be talking about indie publishing. While traditional publishing or self-publishing are both very popular ways to have your story see the light of day, there’s also anot...

The words “memoir” and “autobiography” sound like pretty much the same thing, right? After all, both memoirs and autobiographies describe a person’s life from the first point of v...

You’ve worked hard to make your thesis the best it can be. Now that it’s finished, it’s time to submit, right? Not just yet! The next stages of the process are editing and proofr...

If you’re about to conduct an experiment or write a research paper, chances are, you may need to familiarize yourself with the terminology and research basics that come as part of ...