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Editing is going to look slightly different for each client, depending on your goals, but there is a general road map you can follow.

If you’ve just finished your book, let me be the first to congratulate you!! From here, you should settle into a second draft where you work on cleaning up rough edges from the first. This can include dialogue, adjectives — again, it’s different for every author. This may take more than one draft.

Once this is done, some authors choose to work with an editor on a developmental edit. My developmental edits focus on (a) genre standards, (b) commerciality, and (c) the building blocks of your story: your conflict, your tension, your resolution, etc. Some authors will choose to take developmental notes from an alpha reader period instead, which can be hit or miss; these are not readers within the industry, and the quality of their remarks may vary.

From there, you will restructure or rewrite as you wish, and the next step would be a line edit. This is where I’m looking at HOW you’re writing, not WHAT you’re writing about. It’s about refining your narrative voice. Do you have phrasing habits that are repetitive? Can we strengthen adjectives or sentence structure? Does your writing convey the weight and meaning you need it to?

When every single word is written and every character is exactly as you want them to be, then you are ready for a copy edit. This is going to include a deep read of every character and every space on the page to make sure it’s grammatically correct and that everything (text messages, em dashes, etc.) is standardised. From there, you will either begin to query for traditional publishing—or you will format your file for self-publication to ready it for e-readers and/or print, in which case you will need a final proofread when your file is 100% ready.

If you’re not sure which step is right for you, check the flow chart below:

My Services

My services are designed to help you move forward with confidence, whatever your goals are. My pricing outlines below are included as a benchmark; your specific quote may vary, depending on your goals and the services you’re wanting.

standard turnaround time for projects under 100k words is currently 4 weeks (6 weeks for up to 150k)
please submit a contact form for quotes on projects larger than 150k words

• consult —- 150/month
  book a 30-minute Discord consult to chat about 7500 words of your novel
  great for WIPs or early developmental questions

• developmental editing —- 600 USD per 100k words

• line editing —- 800 USD per 100k words

• copy editing —- 600 USD per 100k words

• proofreading —- 500 USD per 100k words

• add basic text formatting within your document to align with genre standards to line edit service (Word file only) —- 400 USD per 100k words

• full formatting with final files included (.pdf, .epub, or Kindle) — 800 for first file type, +400 for each additional