: the connecting theme or idea that unifies a story, that transmutes a series of words into a meaningful narrative.

: I describe my editorial practice as "thrulining" because I think that's what editing does at it's best: It's a form of alchemy that refines raw material into a story, a resonant message.

Whether that's helping a client to refine their early ideas, fixing the small grammatical errors that give that extra kick of life to a manuscript, or turning a short series of loose notes into a thorough, narrative blog post, my work is to bring meaning and life to your material.

thruline

noun, adj., adv.

variants or throughline or through-line

THRULINING