Editorial Services

Submission Package: $650.00 (Flat Fee)

  • Written critiques of your Query Letter, Synopsis (up to 1,200 words), and First Pages (up to 5,000 words).

  • Margin notes and in-line edits on the effectiveness of your opening chapters, as well as feedback on character and plot development.

  • Note: This is a one-time critique service that does not include additional assessments of revised material, but follow-up questions are encouraged.

Editorial Assessment (Full Manuscript Service): EMAIL FOR A QUOTE

Recommended for writers with a finished 1st or 2nd draft looking for Big Picture feedback on readability and direction.

  • Editorial letter focusing on strengths and weaknesses of the full manuscript, including feedback and revision suggestions on character development, world-building, plot development, pacing, structure, and writing.

  • A full in-line manuscript edit is not included in this service.

  • Includes follow-up questions and assessment of your revised first chapter.

Developmental Edit (Full Manuscript Service): EMAIL FOR A QUOTE

Recommended for writers with a finished manuscript ready for deeper feedback (e.g. deciphering/applying feedback from agents, getting submission-ready, pre-publication polishing, etc.).

  • Editorial letter focusing on strengths and weaknesses of the full manuscript, including feedback and revision suggestions on character development, world-building, plot development, pacing, structure, and writing.

  • In-line revision suggestions on how to improve your writing on the sentence level, how to enhance your current strengths, and how to address any weaknesses in a way that best fits your own vision for the project.

  • Chapter-by-chapter margin comments on the manuscript and occasional line editing where appropriate. [Note: This does not include a full copyedit.]

  • Includes follow-up questions and assessment of your revised first three chapters.

Developmental Edit + Line Editing (Full Manuscript Service): EMAIL FOR A QUOTE

This is a more comprehensive service for writers further into the revision process and looking for a deeper dive on a sentence-level following developmental feedback.

  • Round 1: Developmental Edit

    • Editorial letter focusing on strengths and weaknesses of the full manuscript, including feedback and revision suggestions on character development, world-building, plot development, pacing, structure, and writing.

    • In-line revision suggestions on how to improve your writing on the sentence level, how to enhance your current strengths, and how to address any weaknesses in a way that best fits your own vision for the project.

    • Chapter-by-chapter margin comments on the manuscript and occasional line editing where appropriate.

  • Follow-up discussion (email or phone call) about feedback so far and set a due date for the revised manuscript.

  • Round 2: Line Edit

    • Second read of the full manuscript with focus on sentence-level line editing, deeper scene work, and further structural or developmental suggestions if needed.

    • Note: This will not include a second editorial letter.