A high-level look at the big picture elements of your story; essentially a light developmental edit or a more detailed and solutions-focused beta read.

Service includes:

• Light in-line comments with big picture feedback, focusing on pacing, character development and plotting. Typically includes about 100-150 comments per 100,000 words.
• A 3-6 page single-spaced report highlighting the manuscript’s primary strengths and big picture challenges along with potential solutions.

Turnaround time: About 2-4 weeks; typically about 30-40 hours of hands-on time

Cost: $400-600*

Turnaround time and cost are based on manuscript length and revision status. Pricing is confirmed for each project during the sample edit.

This service might be a good fit for you if:

• You’ve completed several drafts of your manuscript and gotten feedback on the story from critique partners or beta readers but need a professional, objective assessment to help evaluate and implement the feedback.
• Your book isn’t quite landing with readers, but you have received conflicting feedback or aren’t sure how to revise.
• You’re stuck on a particular story question but are otherwise confident in your manuscript.

A thorough big picture look at your story’s plot, structure and characters.

Service includes:

• Detailed in-line comments with big picture feedback, focusing on pacing, character development and plotting. Typically includes about 200-300 comments per 100,000 pages.
• A book map – a scene-by-scene chart of major plot and character moments along with visualizations and notes on how the structure impacts pacing, plot and character development.
• A detailed 5-10 page single-spaced report highlighting the manuscript’s strengths and big picture challenges along with potential solutions and a roadmap for revision.

Turnaround time: About 4-6 weeks; typically about 40-60 hours of hands-on time

Cost: $600-800*

Turnaround time and cost are based on manuscript length and revision status. Pricing is confirmed for each project during the sample edit.

This service might be a good fit for you if:

• You’ve completed several drafts on your own but need fresh eyes on your story to assess how it could land with readers.
• You want to grow your craft both in executing your current manuscript and in future writing by getting insights into your storytelling strengths and weaknesses.
• You’re exploring a new-to-you genre or trying something new and need detailed insights to help shape your story.
• You want to ensure every chapter and scene hits just right.

Service includes:

• Line edits (via markup in track changes plus in-line comments) on the full manuscript focusing on paragraph and sentence-level details relevant to character voices, tone, pacing, narrative voice, emotional impact, etc.
• Copy edits (via markup in track changes plus in-line comments) on the full manuscript, focusing on sentence-level details to include spelling, grammar, punctuation style, etc. and following the Chicago Manual of Style.
• A style sheet with key details of the story, characters, timeline and style choices around numbers, spelling variations, hyphenation, styling of text etc. to ensure consistency and continuity.
• Includes a second round of copy editing on up to 50 pages after author revisions (for any chapters or scenes that are more heavily revised).

Turnaround time: About 6-8 weeks

Cost: $600-800*

Turnaround time and cost are based on manuscript length and revision status. Pricing is confirmed for each project during the sample edit.

This service might be a good fit for you if:

• Your story is fully revised and you’re ready to fine-tune your prose and perfect your style.
• You’ve revised your manuscript so many times that you need fresh eyes to catch continuity issues, typos and sentence-level errors.