Services

Developmental Editing

Investment starts at $.016/word
(60,000 words = $960 / 90,000 words = $1440

Average turnaround time: 4 weeks

Includes:
• One round (2 complete read-throughs)
• An editorial report (15+ pages)*
• Extensive comments on the manuscript
• A character list and story timeline
• Unlimited support post-edit for questions,
brainstorming, and next steps
• Blurb drafting assistance

*The editorial report highlights strengths and areas for improvement. It includes specific examples from the manuscript, how to fix areas of concerns, and a list of resources.

Description:
Often called a content edit, this is an analysis of a manuscript as a whole, focusing on big-picture issues such as plot, characterization, setting, point of view, pacing, structure, and genre expectations.

Line Editing

Investment starts at $.014/word
(60,000 words = $840 / 90,000 words = $1260)

Average turnaround time: 3 weeks

Includes:
• One round (2 complete read-throughs)
• A simultaneous copy edit
• A style sheet tracking manuscript consistencies*
• A line edit of your blurb

*The style sheet includes general style (capitalization, punctuation, and spelling),
a list of characters, and a list of places.

Description:
This comprehensive line-by-line edit includes smoothing transitions, reorganizing material for readability and flow, cutting repetitive or superfluous content, identifying and offering suggestions on showing vs. telling, editing for consistency of tone, and querying inconsistencies. Specific areas of focus are word choice, phrasing, word/phrase overuse, and variation of sentence structure.

Copy Editing

Investment starts at $.012/word
(60,000 words = $720 / 90,000 words = $1080)

Average turnaround time: 3 weeks

Includes:
• One round (2 complete read-throughs)
• A style sheet tracking manuscript consistencies*
• A copy edit of your blurb

The style sheet includes general style (capitalization, punctuation, and spelling),
a list of characters, and a list of places.

Description:
With a focus on mechanical issues, this edit includes corrects spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and word usage while preserving the writer’s voice. A consistent style and format (e.g. treatment of capitalization, punctuation, numbers, etc.) is imposed. Querying factual errors, inaccuracies, or inconsistencies in logic is included.

Proofreading

Investment starts at $.01/word
(60,000 words = $600 / 90,000 words = $900)

Average turnaround time: 2 weeks

Includes:
• One round (2 complete read-throughs)
• A style sheet tracking manuscript consistencies*
• A proofread of your blurb

*The style sheet includes general style (capitalization, punctuation, and spelling),
a list of characters, and a list of places.

Description:
The last step before publication, a proofread corrects any errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, punctuation, and typography. Proofreading also ensures consistency in style and formatting. It results in changing isolated phrases, words, or punctuation.

Full Manuscript Evaluation

Investment starts at $.012/word
(60,000 words = $720 / 90,000 words = $1080)

Average turnaround time: 3 weeks

Includes:
• One complete read-through
• An editorial report (7+ pages)*
• Unlimited support post-evaluation for
questions, brainstorming, and next steps
• A critique of your blurb

*The editorial report highlights strengths and areas for improvement. It includes specific examples from the manuscript and a list of resources.

Description:
This is a high-level overview of what works and what doesn’t in a manuscript, addressing big-picture issues such as plot, characterization, setting, point of view, pacing, structure, and genre expectations.

Partial Manuscript Evaluation

Investment:
First 5,000 words/20 pages = $150
First 10,000 words/40 pages = $250

Average turnaround time: 10 days

Includes:
• One complete read-through
• An editorial report (2+ pages)
• A critique of your blurb

*The editorial report highlights strengths and areas for improvement. It includes specific examples from the manuscript and a list of resources.

Description:
This is a high-level overview of what works and what doesn’t in a manuscript, addressing big-picture issues such as plot, characterization, setting, point of view, pacing, structure, and genre expectations.

Beta Reading

Investment starts at $.008/word
(60,000 words = $480 / 90,000 words = $720)

Average turnaround time: 2 weeks

Includes:
• One complete read-through
• A critique (2+ pages)*

*The critique highlights strengths and areas for improvement.

Description:
This service provides feedback from a reader's point of view on the manuscript as a whole. Areas of focus include plot, characterization, setting, point of view, pacing, structure, and genre expectations.