How does pricing work?
The short answer is that prices depend on what kind of editing help you need.
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Idea development happens in conversation, and it’s priced by the hour.
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Developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading are priced by the project, and depend on the state of the manuscript. We’ll discuss that in your free consultation.
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Once the price is determined, you pay half at the beginning of the project and the remainder once it’s delivered.
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Prices vary according to the complexity of work your manuscript needs, so please contact me: I offer a free 30-minute consultation to discuss your project. After that, you’ll send me a short excerpt (5-10 pages), and I’ll edit/comment on it so that you can see how the process works.
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How do we start?
With a consultation. I offer a free 30-minute consultation (via video call); we discuss your project, and then you will send me a short sample (5-10 pages) which I’ll edit and return to you so that you see how I work.
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What are the different types of editing?
I work with everyone from first-time authors to established writers at any stage of your project.
There are four stages of writing where an editor can help you:
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We can start at the point where your idea is just germinating, and map out a path (idea development).
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If you have a draft, no matter how disjointed, I can advise you how the parts might fit together to make a seamless, persuasive whole (developmental editing).
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And if a project’s almost done, I can bring a fresh eye to the writing and smooth out sentences to make them lively and clear, while keeping the prose stylistically consistent (line editing/copy editing).
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The last stage is the final polish – making sure the writing is correct and clean (proofreading).
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