Services

Below are the standard packages I offer, but I am very happy to discuss partial edits, reader assessments or a different service from which you think your work could benefit. Please feel free to get in touch with me to discuss further and for a quote.

Round 1: Developmental and line edit

I’ll focus mainly on the story, providing in-depth commentary on point of view, characterisation, showing vs telling, description, sensory details, dialogue, setting, pacing, plot, etc. After I deliver the manuscript, I will work with you to help fix content issues, as well as discussing potential in terms of market trends, competitors and target audience.

Round 2: Second pass and copyedit

I’ll read the whole manuscript again to analyse the changes you have made and provide detailed in-line edits picking up more intricate details (such as awkward sentences, repetition, overused words/phrases, inauthentic dialogue, dangling modifiers, noun/pronoun mismatch etc) along with correction suggestions. I’ll also correct any punctuation errors/typos I find and amend the formatting in line with publishing standards. Although not a proofread, I will edit this pass in the way I would prepare a manuscript for submission.

Submission Package

I will help you to prepare a query letter, short synopsis, and up to fifty pages of example prose. I will also provide advice on finding the right agent and, in exceptional cases, can solicit your work and put it forward for consideration.