Line Editing
Bringing your voice and your characters to life
What is Line Editing?
Line edits go all out. Every aspect of your story and your writing is studied and optimized. This is like a facelift for your manuscript. We’ll make sure sentences and paragraphs flow together and that each sentence—nay, each word—is perfect.
What Do I Focus On?
- Natural sounding dialogue
- Consistency in character voices and actions
- Point of view issues
- Scene pacing, tone, and atmosphere
- Killing your darlings
- Balancing showing and telling
- Removing information redundancy and repetitive/overused words
- Adjusting passive voice and weak verbs
- Optimizing paragraph flow
- Varying sentence structures
- Improving diction and narrative prose
- Maintaining and elevating the author’s voice
Once you’re happy with the actual story, the line edit makes your writing sparkle and shine
Timelines & Rates
Rates: $0.020 per word.
Scheduling: Some services may need to be scheduled several months in advance.
If you are under a tight deadline, please let me know in the contact form!
Long Manuscript: Discounts are available for manuscripts over 100,000 words
Combination Edits: Discounts are available for booking more than one editorial service.
Returning Authors: Discounts are available for authors returning with new books.
**An NDA will accompany all sample edits and full manuscript edits.**
Ready to get started?
The Editing Process
1.
Initial Consult Call
We’ll have a 30 minute video or phone call to discuss your project and which services best meet your needs right now and what each service entails.
2.
Sample Edit
Optional: I can perform a complimentary sample edit of 1000 words of my choosing from your manuscript.*
3.
Full Edit
Once we agree on a service and you’re happy with your sample edit, I will begin the editing the entire manuscript.
4.
Receiving Your Edits
When I’m done editng your manuscript, I’ll send you an email with a few documents: 1. your manuscript with in-line edits and comments 2. an editorial letter summarizing my findings and suggestions 3. a style sheet.**
5.
Follow-up Call
After you’ve had time to digest my edits, we’ll get on another call and go over my feedback, your questions, and what to do next.
1.
Initial Consult Call
We’ll have a 30 minute video or phone call to discuss your project and which services best meet your needs right now and what each service entails.
2.
Sample Edit
Optional: I can perform a complimentary sample edit of 1000 words of my choosing from your manuscript.*
3.
Full Edit
Once we agree on a service and you’re happy with your sample edit, I will begin the editing the entire manuscript.
4.
Receiving Your Edits
When I’m done editng your manuscript, I’ll send you an email with a few documents: 1. your manuscript with in-line edits and comments 2. an editorial letter summarizing my findings and suggestions 3. a style sheet.**
5.
Follow-up Call
After you’ve had time to digest my edits, we’ll get on another call and go over my feedback, your questions, and what to do next.
*Developmental editing and manuscript assessments do not include a complementary sample edit.
**A style sheet is only provided for line editing, copyediting, and proofreading services.
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Other Editing Services
Manuscript Assessment
Developmental Editing
Copyediting
Proofreading