Service Levels

Project Analysis - $3.00/page

You may be interested in starting the editing process with a Project Analysis so that we can determine what, if any, content development or line editing your manuscript needs. This service level is a great choice if budget is a concern or if you just want to see how well we work together at first.

A Project Analysis is a read-through of your manuscript without in-depth content devlopment or a grammatical line edit. The Project Analysis allows us to become familiar with your manuscript and writing style and provide you with specific feedback on what needs to be done to improve your book. Basic notes are taken to evaluate your manuscript on the following elements of a novel (for works of fiction): Setting, Character Development, Conflict, Plot, and Motivation, and elements of writing: Narration, Dialogue, Description, Point of View, and Management and Continuity of Facts. We then recommend what you need to do next to get your manuscript ready for publication.

The cost of this introductory review can be applied to the final cost of our content editing service, should your project more in-depth editorial work later.

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Developmental Editing and Line Editing - $50.00/hour

This service is a must for any serious writer preparing their manuscript for submission to agents, publishers, etc. This process is also an extremely valuable experience for the first-time writer.

Any project that is to be submitted for professional consideration needs to be in pristine condition. Not only do you need to make sure all typos and formatting errors are eliminated, but your story also needs to be meticulously analyzed. With the publishing marketplace as competitive as it is, why submit anything that is less than your best effort?

The developmental editing that is part of this service provides a line-by-line, scene-by-scene analysis. Your manuscript will be thoroughly examined on the elements of writing, the elements of a novel, and the elements of a scene. Changes that will be made in a developmental edit include: weak points are strengthened, poor sentence structure is changed, and the overall flow of the story is enhanced - all to ensure that the manuscript is in perfect, publishable form.

By going through a thorough content development edit, we can make sure your story is tight, that your writing is as strong as possible, and that all grammatical errors have been eliminated BEFORE publishers see them and use them as a reason to decline your project.

A line edit - a complete punctuation, grammar, and spelling proofreading review - is included in this service.

Please contact us for a free, no-obligation estimate and consultation!

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Author Coaching - $50.00/hour, $25.00/half hour

We now offer author coaching sessions by phone. This service is valuable for times when you wish to get some objective feedback when planning a new story outline, when you are stuck during the revision process on an existing manuscript, or just need a pep talk when you encounter writer's block.

Coaching is offered in half hour or hour sessions.

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Reread - $1.00/page

This service is for previous customers who would like us to reread their material once they have already gone through an edit and revisions.

Additional Services

Printing - add $0.10 per page

Electronic submissions via e-mail, Zip disk or CD are accepted, but we WILL need to print out the manuscript.

For any additional questions not answered here, please Contact Us.