Editorial Services
All potential clients receive a free, no-strings-attached sample edit to ensure we are a good fit for each other.
Reach out to schedule your sample edit today, and let’s start making your story into the book it deserves to be!
Developmental Editing
$0.03 per word
The most in-depth editing option, developmental editing involves a thorough edit of your manuscript with comments and in-line tracked changes focused on “the big picture” of your story. Clients will receive their marked manuscript with all comments and tracked changes as well as a 20-30+ page summary letter detailing each area of focus, making suggestions, and guiding your revision.
Developmental editing focuses on:
Overall narrative structure
Character development and motivation
Narrative pacing
Description and setting development
Plot development
POV usage and development
Voice and tone development
Narrative Consistency (e.g.: all names, descriptions, timeshifts, etc. are congruent.)
As well as any other areas particular to the manuscript
Each developmental editing client also receives a Zoom consultation to review the summary letter and answer any questions the client may have. As well as a second review of the author’s revisions to ensure the manuscript is ready to move on to copyediting.
All edits follow the Chicago Manual of Style unless otherwise requested by the author.
Copyediting
$0.02 per word
This option includes a thorough line-level edit of your finished manuscript with comments and suggested changes documented in track changes for your approval. This option focuses on finding and eliminating errors, maintaining narrative consistency, and enhancing your authorial voice.
Copyediting focuses on:
Grammar/Mechanical/Spelling Errors
Paragraph and Sentence Structure
Point-of-view consistency
Tense Shifts
Eliminating repetitive phrases or words
Authorial style and voice consistency
Narrative Consistency after revisions (e.g.: You said the rug was blue on page 12 but on page 283 it’s red.)
Each copyediting client also receives a one-hour Zoom consultation to answer any questions post-copyedit.
All edits follow the Chicago Manual of Style unless otherwise requested by the author.
Manuscript Evaluation
*Pricing varies depending on manuscript length
Manuscript evaluation is a good fit if you are looking for overall feedback on your work. What level of editing does it need? Where do you need to focus your revision before moving on to editing?
This option does not include in-line edits, but rather a 15-20+ page review of your manuscript detailing what is working and where to spend the majority of your revision energy.
The manuscript evaluation letter touches on (but is not limited to):
Character development
Plot development
Pacing
Tone
POV usage
Setting and Description
Voice
And other areas tailored to the individual manuscript
Each manuscript evaluation client also receives one Zoom consultation to discuss the evaluation and ask questions.
Authors who complete a manuscript evaluation and then decide to book another level of editing with me receive a discount on their next editing package.
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