The final check. The last hurrah before you start sending out queries to agents. Let me give your manuscript a twice-over to ensure everything is exactly how you want it to be. This is the least involved edit and typically requires the least amount of time.

Price: $0.01 per word

The smallest things can make the biggest difference. A misplaced comma can change the meaning of a sentence. Too many short or long sentences can be a slog for readers. A misplaced or incorrect word can make the moral of your story mean the opposite of what you intended. A sentence structured awkwardly might confuse your reader. I’ll search diligently for every grammar, spelling, punctuation, and syntax error and recommend appropriate corrections!

Price: $0.015 per word

You want to make sure the story you have is communicated with the audience you want to reach. Do your plot points connect? Does your exposition flow from scene to scene? Do your angry characters sound angry? Are your romantic characters in love? Does your story read the way you want it to all the way through? I’ll go sentence by sentence to ensure your story goes as smoothly into your reader’s internal world as possible!

Price: $0.02 per word

Stories begin and live by a plot, but they’re sustained by interesting characters. Does your story have a beginning that rises to a climax and falls to a resolution? Are all the things you opened in your rise closed in your fall? Does your story try to tackle too much? Too little? Can your readers follow and identify with your characters as they grow and change? Do your characters grow and change? Are they separate from each other? Do they react to the stimuli within the story? Do they have motivations that are clear? The most in-depth edit by far, I’ll make sure everything is squared away.

Price: $0.04 per word