Book Editing
Editing Packages
The “Everything” Edit
our most popular
Our Story Architect package is an “everything” edit that is ideal if you are planning to self-publish or pursuing a literary agent. It is the most professional route that ensures a high-quality, bookstore-ready manuscript. Your readers will thank you for it!
package includes:
- 30-minute pre-editing consultation to discuss your story
- One round of developmental feedback to transform your narrative and connect with your audience
- For fiction:
- POV
- Plot structure
- Character arcs
- Theme questions
- World-building
- For non-fiction
- Core argument
- Pacing and tone
- Building trust
- Framing your expertise
- Calls-to-action
- For fiction:
- One round of line editing to improve readability and flow
- One round of copyediting to address spelling, grammar, and punctuation
The “Developmental” Edit
manuscript critique plus reader’s report
Our Story Guide package is a developmental process that offers a “big-picture” assessment of your manuscript. This crucial step can transform a decent book into a great book. With detailed and actionable feedback from one of our professional book coaches, you will be ready to revise your manuscript and make it truly come to life.
package includes:
- 30-minute pre-editing consultation (Zoom, Skype, etc.) to discuss your story
- One round of beta reading that provides a big-picture assessment of your book
- One round of developmental review that includes detailed in-text feedback
- For fiction:
- POV
- Plot structure
- Character arcs
- Theme questions
- World-building
- For non-fiction
- Core argument
- Pacing and tone
- Building trust
- Framing your expertise
- Calls-to-action
- For fiction:
- In-depth 3-5 page reader report that breaks down the feedback into actionable steps for your revision
- 30-minute debrief (Zoom, Skype, etc.) to go over feedback
- Ongoing email support
The “Efficient” Edit
meet your deadlines
Our Wordsmith package is perfect for authors who don’t want the hassle of multiple rounds of feedback. If your manuscript is conceptually solid and only needs some editorial polishing, this is the package for you!
package includes:
- One round of line editing, which includes deep line-by-line edits for:
- Readability
- Sentence and paragraph structure
- Clarity
- Consistency
- Flow
- One round of copyedits for:
- Spelling
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Word choice
Standalone Edits
A book critique provides a first-pass assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of a book, as well as a roadmap for how to build upon what is working and fix what is not.
Our feedback will cover major issues like structure, organization, pacing, plot and character issues (for fiction), argumentation and presentation (for nonfiction), and the overall ability of the book to connect with the reader. Feedback will be delivered in an editorial letter that breaks down the issues and provides a clear route forward.
A developmental review focuses on the overall content and structure of the book, including consistency, flow, structure, readability, and clarity. Fiction reviews will also include narrative dynamics, plot structure, character arcs, theme questions, and other storytelling mechanics.
Suggestions might be made to move around entire paragraphs or add/delete sections of the book altogether. Comments will be added along the margins to suggest what needs to be reworked, expanded, deleted, or relocated. Our editors will also provide a thorough breakdown of our comments and suggestions in an editorial letter.
NOTE: No in-text editing will be provided. If you need editing as well, see our packages below.
A line edit is the most thorough of all the editing options. It covers tone, tense, flow, consistency, and overall writing structure within the manuscript. Along with in-text edits, the line editor will also add comments and suggestions about changing or omitting certain portions of the manuscript. Line editing may also involve rewording sentences and possibly entire paragraphs to enhance readability.
Please note that line editing only covers the flow of what is already there; it does not cover overall story, chapter structure, or redirection of plotlines (see developmental review), nor does it focus extensively on correcting grammar, punctuation, or typos (see copyediting).
A copyedit is often one of the final passes on the manuscript after all developmental and line edits have already been made (either by the editor or by the author themselves).
In a copyedit, the editor focuses on grammatical correctness, punctuation, consistency, vocabulary, word usage, and spelling. The goal of a copyedit is to catch and remove as many errors as possible; it does not add material or remove clunkiness and redundancy (see line edit).