What Is Progressive Editing?

Consider this phase a workshop for early stages of writing. This is good for brainstorming, worldbuilding, character development, and plot outlining. We will also brush up on key writing skills and techniques, including style, grammar, plot development, creating dynamic characters with strong (and realistic!) dialogue, your writing tendencies, and story organization. Our end goal is to craft your first complete draft of the manuscript.

Writers in prewriting phases or just starting a first draft, inexperienced writers, and writers needing high support or accountability.

Writers with full-length manuscripts looking for high-level feedback or ready for heavy revision.

Our plan will include goals and milestones, deadlines, and a writing schedule that fits your lifestyle. We'll also figure out how often we'll exchange writing and edits. We will share ideas through a combination of email, new writing, and supplementary materials. This service also pairs well with regular Feedback Review sessions to hash out ideas together in a conversation.

I would love to discuss where you are and what ideas you have for your book! Contact me for a free consultation.

This is the heavy lifter of the editing and revising phases: most of your rewriting will happen here. Developmental Editing is a 30,000-foot overview of your entire manuscript and how its elements are functioning, including structure and content, organization, target audience, character development, plot and plot holes, and inconsistencies in point of view and tense. Our end goal is a sophisticated manuscript ready to address sentence-level elements. This may be accomplished in one draft or multiple revisions.

Writers of any caliber or phase in their career with a full-length, completed manuscript of at least 50,000 words (special cases for novellas of under that limit will be considered if the manuscript is complete). You should be ready to begin adapting your work for your target reader and self- or traditional publication.

Writers still working on idea development or who only have a partial draft. If that's you, you may want to consider "The First Draft" or even a Manuscript Evaluation first.

Commentary on the manuscript is highly detailed and very specific across the entire work and each instance an issue arises. In addition to in-text comments, I will also produce an essay-style review of major tendencies I notice. We may even utilize outside resources to help you improve your overall writing craft.

Let's make sure it's at its best. Contact me for a free consultation.

Two for the price of one! This sentence-level editing combines line editing and copyediting to address both the art and style of writing and the technical correctness of your sentences.

Line Editing seeks to improve your artistic style through elements like word choice, voice, clarity, and readability. Consider how much livelier your writing would be if we exchanged weak verbs paired with adjectives for strong, stand-alone verbs! (Think, "ran swiftly" vs. "sprinted.")

Copyediting, on the other hand, deals strictly with grammar adherence and technical details like continuity, consistency in format, word choice (in regard to word repetition), and syntax. We can also take a look at any non-book materials, including a table of contents, appendices, acknowledgements, etc.

By the end of this editing phase, your manuscript should be ready for polishing,  final formatting, and preparations for submission, querying, and beta readers. I still recommend a final Proofread.

Writers of any caliber or phase in their career with a completed manuscript that has previously undergone Developmental Editing to address all major story elements. You are serious about finishing your project for publication and are ready to get nit-picky. This phase is great for projects of any length.

Writers with manuscripts still undergoing major changes to significant elements (plot development, characters, etc.) or those seeking a final manuscript Proofreading polish.

Mark-up on manuscripts is done using a combination of Track Changes features and in-text comments. We will comb through your writing line-by-line and make sure your manuscript packs a punch.

A quality line- and copyedit is the clean coat of paint after the major renovation. It just brings the whole piece together! Contact me for a free consultation.