Developmental/Substantive Editing ($80 per hour)
Developmental editing addresses the following:
- Structural issues (reorganizing, cutting, expanding)
- Plot flow
- Sequencing
- Pacing
- Point of view
- Dialogue, scene, and character development
- Narrative and character arcs
- Transitions
- Any other big-picture questions an author has about whether his or her book “works” as is
Pay for developmental editing by the hour:
Copyediting/Line Editing ($70 per hour)
Copyediting addresses the following:
- Adherence to The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Syntax
- Minor language repetition
- Spelling
Pay for copyediting by the hour:
Proofreading ($55 per hour)
Proofreading addresses the following:
- Adherence to The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition
- Punctuation and grammatical errors remaining or introduced after copyedit is complete
- Formatting errors/inconsistencies
- Spelling
Pay for proofreading by the hour: