Whether you’ve just completed your next bestseller or are struggling with your query letter, get professional book editing help!
Our highly qualified book editors transform YOUR words into a literary masterpiece!
YOU write it, and WE’LL perfect it!
Are you 100% ready to share your novel with the world? Really?
Are you sending your manuscript to publishers or agents who respond with positive comments and a rejection letter?
See how our editors have helped over 50,000 authors like YOU.
You’re too close to your work to know what needs to be done to take your fiction book from good to excellent. After all, you’ve been living and breathing the subject matter and plot line.
That’s where fiction editors come in! It’s our job to clean up and critique your work. Not only do we improve your manuscript, but we also help you avoid future snags. So you become a better writer overall.
Our professional book editors have advanced degrees and extensive experience in book writing, proofreading and novel editing.
The editors on our team also have a solid history of successfully published books, stories, and novels.
We are confident enough in their work to offer a FREE FICTION EDITING SAMPLE if you email us your writing.
When what you are writing carries ANY level of importance, you just can’t afford NOT to have each sentence written as perfectly as possible.
Make sure you meet that next deadline by enlisting professional book editors who achieve extraordinary results according to your schedule.
Order a Copy Edit LAST before formatting and publishing.
Basic Copy Editing includes checking your grammar, spelling, and punctuation for accuracy; ensuring consistency in your writing’s word choices, style, and compositional spacing; and eliminating jargon and repetitious words. asdadasd
Basic Copy Editing is your FINAL edit after multiple revisions. You request this level when you are done. You have no further changes planned before formatting, proofreading, and then publishing.
Order a Line Edit as your final REVISION before sharing publicly or distributing your book.
Line Editing is your ideal choice when seeking professional editing services for ongoing revisions. Your Line Editor addresses your writing style, creative content, and use of language at the sentence and paragraph level.
Line Editing focuses on how you communicate with your reader. It corrects your sentence and paragraph structure, checks for subject-verb agreement, and inserts transitional phrasing as appropriate. Standard Line Editing includes our Basic Copy Editing services (correcting spelling, grammar, punctuation, word usage; eliminating jargon and repetition; ensuring style consistency; and adjusting compositional spacing). Line Editing is a more technical editing style which adheres to your chosen style guide.
Your professional Line Editor improves the continuity and flow of your writing and support statements. You also receive in-line editorial remarks, suggestions, and feedback throughout your manuscript.
Line Editing is the writing industry standard. Publishing agents and university professors recommend this as the minimum level of professional editing prior to submitting for review and consideration.
Order a Content Edit to get professional in-line FEEDBACK and successfully rework the structural details of your book.
Content Editing is your ideal choice for completing your manuscript’s first draft when you desire honest feedback and thorough professional guidance on your overall presentation. Choose content editing for your first round of editing and always prior to peer review or public distribution as it is comprehensive.
Content Editing critiques your written presentation, flow/continuity, and consistency of thoughts. Your content editor provides professional, structural assessments and feedback on your manuscript throughout your document’s comments section. It ensures support of all statements, and it provides formatting according to industry style guides, such as APA, MLA, Chicago, etc. Your content’s structural edit includes basic copy and standard line editing which corrects spelling, grammar, and punctuation; reviews your word choice; eliminates jargon and repetition; guarantees writing consistency; revises inappropriate verb tenses; and inserts transitional phrasing.
Evaluates the big concept of your story and answers the question “Is it any good?”
Get a Developmental Edit with a Certified Book Coach who evaluates your story and gives you professional insight and instructions at the highest level. Strengthen your story arc, character development, and plot. We use a checklist of 38 elements for every scene for an objective edit to show you exactly where and how to strengthen your writing.
Our Certified Developmental Editors structurally organize and professionally critique your manuscript’s story. You get a high-level, substantive review with specific feedback for making revisions. Your book coach helps strengthen your presentation before you contact an agent. This allows you to overcome rejection due to common foundational weaknesses. Get help from an experienced publishing professional first.
Receive an in-depth Developmental Edit with analysis of your writing, reader engagement, and structural strength, plus a professional summary letter critiquing your entire presentation. The Developmental Edit includes an outline of your story arc with instructions for improvement. We also confirm your 5 key scenes and show you how to create the ideal story form. You receive a comprehensive evaluation of the word counts per scene and per character. Well recommend adjustments for your genre’s pacing to ensure theme consistency and overall balance. All of this is outlined in a professional summary letter which references your necessary revisions, highlights what you do well, instructs you where and how to solve specific issues, and explains why we recommend such. The developmental edit includes in-line changes, syntax rules, and feedback.
Developmental fiction editing focuses on story development, such as the plot, scene, point of view, characters, tone, voice, dialogue, pace, setting, readability, organization, and more. It is the most in-depth editing service available for storytellers.
Get a certified Story Coach who has unique publishing experience to assess your writing. They will developmentally edit and analyze your novel to show you HOW to make your story shine.
Delivery time is approximately 5-7 weeks.
Professional Fiction Editors read and examine every single word while considering each sentence, paragraph, character, plot point, and argument as they stand individually and within the entire manuscript.
Your writing is professionally polished while remaining true to your voice and intentions as an author. Even a near-perfect piece of work benefits from a keen editorial eye that provides basic corrections while weeding out illogical statements and inconsistencies.
You’ve done all the hard work of getting the writing on the page. Now is the time to put your feet up and let our editors correct any oversights.
Our editors have industry-proven experience in providing substantial edits in a variety of genres, including literary fiction, creative nonfiction, Christian novels, poetry, romance, westerns, sci-fi, self-help, children, and young adult–the list goes on!
Since 1994 we have been writing and editing, including a history of successfully published books and articles. We are confident enough to promise guaranteed satisfaction to all of our clients.
Fiction editing often encompasses copy editing (spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.) and larger, overall developmental elements
of your manuscript, such as:
You’ve put your heart and soul (not to mention time, stress and money) into birthing your new literary creation. Now it is time to review each word gently and ensure that it sings on your behalf.
Don’t let your book be overlooked or dismissed because of grammar, punctuation or other presentation errors which can be quickly and easily corrected by your book editor.
Want to see how this works? Get a free editing sample of your writing.
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