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Pricing and a brief explanation
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Developmental Edit
Also known as the structural edit or the content edit. As all its names suggest, a developmental edit is focused on the story content of your manuscript. It is sometimes described as a 'big picture' edit. This edit is concerned with the characterisation, plot, pacing, story structure, world building, and genre elements of the story.
USD$0.005 per word or USD$5.00 per thousand words.
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Copy Edit
An edit concerned with the spelling, grammar, consistency, and overall readability of your manuscript. This is one of the most important parts of the editorial process. This copy edit is not a style edit, though readability will still be considered.
USD$0.006 per word or USD$6.00 per thousand words.
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Line Edit
A line edit is a more in-depth version of a copy edit, which focuses on style as well. Like the copy edit it is concerned with spelling, grammar, consistency, and overall readability. However, it is also concerned with word choice, individual writing style, and the effectiveness of the writing on a line-by-line level.
USD$0.01 per word or USD$10.00 per thousand words.
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Proof Read
The final step before publication. The proof read is simply a final, slow and careful, read-through of your manuscript checking for consistency errors, spelling, and grammar.
USD$0.003per word or USD$3.00 per thousand words.
DEVELOPMENTAL EDIT
Also known as the structural edit or the content edit. As all its names suggest, a developmental edit is focused on the story content of your manuscript. It is sometimes described as a 'big picture' edit. This edit is concerned with the characterisation, plot, pacing, story structure, world building, and genre elements of the story.
Before this edit takes place, we will have a discussion either via voice chat, email or instant messaging about your intentions for this manuscript. I want to know about where you think/want the manuscript to sit regarding genre, your publishing goals, target audience, and overall vision for the project before I get started.
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An in-depth report on the issues and strengths of your manuscript with reference to the intended genre
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Commentary throughout the manuscript using the track changes and comments features in Microsoft Word. This will allow you to see any changes made to the manuscript and decide whether you wish to keep them. It will also highlight the exact section comments were made in response to.
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An initial pre-editing meeting, as mentioned above.
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A second post-edit meeting to discuss my feedback in order for you to ask any questions you may have and suggest potential fixes to highlighted problems for a second opinion.
Price: $5.00 USD per 1,000 words or $0.005 USD per word.
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A 80,000 word novel would cost $400.00 USD, whereas a 25,000 novella would cost $120.00 USD.
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Minimum manuscript length is 10,000. Manuscripts shorter than this will be charged at the minimum rate of $50.00 USD.
PROOF READ
The final step before publication! The proof read should take place after all changes to the manuscript have been have been finalised.
This edit involves going through the manuscript with a fine-tooth comb to check for any errors missed in previous edits. This includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, formatting errors, and consistency errors. No commentary will be provided on the story itself, as the manuscript provided should be the final draft to be polished for publication.
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A marked-up copy of your manuscript with any final corrections to consistency and grammar and spelling edited using the track changes feature in Microsoft Word. This allows you to see and approve every change made to the document.
Price: $3.00 USD per 1,000 words or $0.003 USD per word.
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A 80,000 word novel would cost $240.00 USD, whereas a 25,000 novella would cost $75.00 USD.
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Minimum manuscript length is 10,000. Manuscripts shorter than this will be charged at the minimum rate of $30.00 USD.
COPY EDIT
An edit concerned with the spelling, grammar, consistency, and overall readability of your manuscript. This is one of the most important parts of the editorial process.
This edit should be done after the developmental edit is complete and you have received feedback from beta readers. You want your manuscript to be in its final form before submitting it for a copy edit.
I can provide a copy edit to the Australian Style Guide, the Chicago Manual of Style (which is the industry standard in the United States,) the UK Style Guide, and the New Zealand Style Guide. If you are not a native English speaker with your own dialect preference, I would recommend you select the Chicago Manual of Style as most English speakers are familiar with American English. Alternatively, you may wish to use the UK Style Guide as some consider this dialect to be the 'most correct.'
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A marked-up copy of your manuscript with any final corrections to consistency, grammar, and spelling edited using the track changes feature in Microsoft Word. This allows you to see and approve every change made to the document.
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Notes on any issues with consistency throughout the manuscript. For example, if a character's eyes are described as brown and green at different points in the story.
Price: $6.00 USD per 1,000 words or $0.006 USD per word.
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A 80,000 word novel would cost $480.00 USD, whereas a 25,000 novella would cost $150.00 USD.
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Minimum manuscript length is 10,000. Manuscripts shorter than this will be charged at the minimum rate of $60.00 USD.
LINE EDIT
A line edit is a more in-depth version of a copy edit, which focuses on style as well as spelling, grammar, consistency, and overall readability. While a copy edit focuses on the accuracy of writing, a line edit also takes into consideration the efficiency and beauty of a sentence. A line edit takes into account a writer's unique voice, so one writer may be advised to cut their sentences down into their most concise form where another is not.
This edit is intended to be a more intensive version of my copy edit and will provide all the same checks as my copy edit. That is to say, you do not need to pay for both. Simply choose which is more suited to your wants, needs, and budget.
This edit should be done after the developmental edit is complete and you have received feedback from beta readers. You want your manuscript to be in its final form before submitting it for a line edit.
Includes:
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A marked-up copy of your manuscript with any final corrections to consistency, style, grammar, and spelling edited using the track changes feature in Microsoft Word. This allows you to see and approve every change made to the document.
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Notes on any issues with consistency throughout the manuscript. For example, if a character's eyes are described as brown and green at different points in the story.
Price: $10.00 USD per 1,000 words or $0.01 USD per word.
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A 80,000 word novel would cost $800.00 USD, whereas a 25,000 novella would cost $250.00 USD.
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Minimum manuscript length is 10,000. Manuscripts shorter than this will be charged at the minimum rate of $100.00 USD.