In-Depth Improvement

NOTE: I am currently fully booked on line editing, with current openings reserved only for existing clients. For time-sensitive edits, please see my brilliant and capable associates at MS Editors. To be added to my waiting list, fill out this form for a price quote and time estimate.

SPECIALS

Substantive Edits are available for your entire manuscript, but I recommend them for the beginning of your novel, your query letter, and your synopsis.

Voice Enhancers+Query Critique

  • First-Five: Beginning 5 pages, up to 1,500 words—$65
  • First-Ten: Beginning 10 pages, up to 2,750 words—$95
  • First-10K: Beginning 10,000 words—$280
For Voice Enhancers, paste your query into the body of an email with the subject line “Voice Enhancer” to querylara [at] gmail [.] com. I will email you instructions for attaching manuscript pages.

Submission Primers

  • Query letter edit, $35 (includes 3 passes)
  • Synopsis critique, $35 (includes 3 passes)
  • Query + synopsis critique, $60 (includes 3 passes each)
For Submission Primers, paste your query or synopsis into the body of an email with the subject line “$35 edit” to querylara [at] gmail [.] com

Substantive Edit

What it is: Sentence-by-sentence coaching to improve the mechanics, style, and form of your writing (also known as a line edit)

What you get: 

  • A personal coach to answer your questions about writing and editing
  • Your digital manuscript emailed back to you, formatted in standard industry format
  • Objective changes made for you using the Track Changes feature
  • Explanations for recurring objective changes
  • Subjective or stylistic errors marked and explained
  • Suggestions for improving style while retaining your unique voice
  • 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)
  • Research or fact-checking
  • Ghostwriting
  • Advice on other writing projects

When to get it: Whenever you want to improve your writing at the sentence level AND/OR after your complete manuscript has been critiqued

How much might it cost? On average, $25 per thousand words* (round up to the nearest 1,000)—click here to get started

*If you’ve already traditionally published one or more novels, a substantive edit from me would likely cost significantly less.