Error-Fixing & Refinement

NOTE: I am currently closed to these services. If you’d like a keen editorial eye for your manuscript, see my associates at MS Editors.

Copyediting & Proofreading Services

Copyediting

What it is: A check for mechanics (spelling, grammar, syntax) and consistency issues (tense, case, POV) per page of manuscript text

What you get: 

  • Your digital manuscript emailed back to you, formatted in standard industry format
  • Objective changes made for you using the Track Changes feature
  • Subjective or stylistic errors highlighted (but not corrected)
  • A bulleted list of common errors, mistakes, and room for improvement

Does not include: 

  • Typing services or transfer of a hard copy or audio file to digital media (Document must be received as .doc, .docx, .pages, .rtf, or Google Drive file)
  • Explanations of objective changes—these are necessary changes made in accordance to industry standard, Chicago Style, or Webster’s dictionary
  • Research or fact-checking
  • Suggestions to improve writing style
  • Rewriting or ghostwriting

When to get it: After your complete manuscript has been critiqued or edited by someone, and you have revised accordingly

How much might it cost? On average, $11 per thousand words for debut authors, $6 per thousand words for published authors (round up to the nearest 1,000)—click here to get started

Proofreading

What it is: One final check for punctuation, layout, or typographical errors before final publication

What you get: 

Objective changes EITHER:

  1. made for you using the Track Changes feature OR
  2. marked up on a hard copy proof

Does not include: 

  • Transfer of a hard copy or audio file to digital media
  • Explanations of objective changes—these are changes made in accordance to industry standard, Chicago Style, or Webster’s dictionary
  • Research or fact-checking
  • Suggestions to improve writing
  • Rewriting or ghostwriting

When to get it: After your novel is ready for publication (i.e. it has undergone several rounds of edits already), before it goes to press

How much might it cost? On average, $4.50 per thousand words (round up to the nearest 1,000)—click here to get started