Charles Rodriguez and Ceylan Gunduz, professional writers, editors, and story coaches from One Brilliant Arc Media, sit down with writer Stacy Frankenberg for a live editing session of her fiction manuscript, This Wasn’t in the Handbook. Pull back the curtain on what the process of getting a written draft polished for publishing looks like while we call out strengths in the manuscript, options for improvement, and prove that editing your story to be the best it can be doesn’t have to be a scary process! We discuss the story behind the story, the importance of character development, emotional investment, and the themes of agency and life choices within the narrative.