FAQ
You'll find answers to most common questions below; for more details and fine print, please see our Terms and Conditions!
1. You get a quote and request service.
2. We agree and send an invoice.
3. You pay the invoice and we begin work.
4. We make changes using the "track changes" feature so you can see where edits have been made.
5. We offer advice and suggestions by commenting on the document; these suggestions may include rewriting sections for clarity.
6. If you want to take advantage of our double-checking service (always included), you make the recommended changes in the document and highlight them.
7. You send the document back to us for double-checking.
8. We double-check those highlighted areas, editing and proofreading them.
9. We return the completed work to you!
2. We agree and send an invoice.
3. You pay the invoice and we begin work.
4. We make changes using the "track changes" feature so you can see where edits have been made.
5. We offer advice and suggestions by commenting on the document; these suggestions may include rewriting sections for clarity.
6. If you want to take advantage of our double-checking service (always included), you make the recommended changes in the document and highlight them.
7. You send the document back to us for double-checking.
8. We double-check those highlighted areas, editing and proofreading them.
9. We return the completed work to you!
We do line editing and proofreading of completed fiction and non-fiction works.
When you get a quote on our website and request service, what you'll get is line editing and proofreading, and we'll assume that you're sending us a complete draft, not an idea, outline, pitch, or proposal.
We CAN do developmental editing of fiction and non-fiction, and we CAN work with you on incomplete manuscripts. However, that kind of work is necessarily more complex and individualized than our usual editing and proofreading.
If you need developmental editing, please contact us directly to tell us about your project.
When you get a quote on our website and request service, what you'll get is line editing and proofreading, and we'll assume that you're sending us a complete draft, not an idea, outline, pitch, or proposal.
We CAN do developmental editing of fiction and non-fiction, and we CAN work with you on incomplete manuscripts. However, that kind of work is necessarily more complex and individualized than our usual editing and proofreading.
If you need developmental editing, please contact us directly to tell us about your project.
Good question. Here's what we mean by those terms:
When we do "developmental editing," we're mainly paying attention to your IDEAS and STRUCTURE. This kind of editing focuses big-picture issues of characters, plot, themes, and overall continuity, as well as purpose and audience.
When we do "line editing," we're mainly paying attention to your WORDS and SENTENCES. Is your wording redundant or confusing? Did you use the strongest, most powerful, most evocative words possible? Do your sentences and paragraphs flow well, with a strong, distinctive voice? Line editing deals with all of that and more.
When we do "proofreading," we're mainly paying attention to your GRAMMAR and FORMAT. Proofreaders are like AI grammar checkers, but better because they're actually humans. That human perspective can be especially valuable for fiction, because a good proofreader can tell when your choice to leave out a comma was a brilliant stylistic innovation and when it was a simple mistake, and advise you accordingly.
When we do "developmental editing," we're mainly paying attention to your IDEAS and STRUCTURE. This kind of editing focuses big-picture issues of characters, plot, themes, and overall continuity, as well as purpose and audience.
When we do "line editing," we're mainly paying attention to your WORDS and SENTENCES. Is your wording redundant or confusing? Did you use the strongest, most powerful, most evocative words possible? Do your sentences and paragraphs flow well, with a strong, distinctive voice? Line editing deals with all of that and more.
When we do "proofreading," we're mainly paying attention to your GRAMMAR and FORMAT. Proofreaders are like AI grammar checkers, but better because they're actually humans. That human perspective can be especially valuable for fiction, because a good proofreader can tell when your choice to leave out a comma was a brilliant stylistic innovation and when it was a simple mistake, and advise you accordingly.
Our base rate is $0.03/word.
Use our instant quote generator to see how much it will cost to have us edit your work!
We offer special pricing for certain projects and services, like these:
For college students, we offer semester-based or class-based subscriptions at a custom rate.
For novelists, we offer developmental editing of entire manuscripts at a custom rate.
Use our instant quote generator to see how much it will cost to have us edit your work!
We offer special pricing for certain projects and services, like these:
For college students, we offer semester-based or class-based subscriptions at a custom rate.
For novelists, we offer developmental editing of entire manuscripts at a custom rate.
Well, we CAN ghostwrite, but we won't.
Why? Two reasons:
1. Ghostwriting requires more complex commitments and legal obligations than most editing work does.
2. We don't want to open the door to academic misconduct or dishonesty. We'd like to imagine that no one would ever pass off our writing as their own for academic credit, but as Britney Spears puts it, we're "not that innocent."
Why? Two reasons:
1. Ghostwriting requires more complex commitments and legal obligations than most editing work does.
2. We don't want to open the door to academic misconduct or dishonesty. We'd like to imagine that no one would ever pass off our writing as their own for academic credit, but as Britney Spears puts it, we're "not that innocent."
Maybe. It really depends on you, your goals, and the resources you have available.
A good editor will absolutely make your manuscript better: you'll end up with stronger, clearer, more powerful writing.
But the fact is, the world of self-publishing is a crowded one, and editing is not marketing. It's not magic, either: it can't build you a platform or an audience where one didn't exist before. What it can do is give you an edge and support your marketing and advertising, so that when people do pick up your book, they don't want to put it down.
A good editor will absolutely make your manuscript better: you'll end up with stronger, clearer, more powerful writing.
But the fact is, the world of self-publishing is a crowded one, and editing is not marketing. It's not magic, either: it can't build you a platform or an audience where one didn't exist before. What it can do is give you an edge and support your marketing and advertising, so that when people do pick up your book, they don't want to put it down.
Sorry, no. We love art and typography as much as anyone, but unless you want some dramatic stick figures gracing the cover of your novel, you'll want to look elsewhere for an artist.
Nope!
That's on you.
That's on you.
We'll make sure citations are correctly formatted in MLA, APA, or whatever other standard format you're using.
We won't read your sources, though, or make sure that your research, conclusions, thesis, etc. are valid.
We won't read your sources, though, or make sure that your research, conclusions, thesis, etc. are valid.