Editing Services

Structural Editing

So you’ve finished a draft of your book—but is it any good? Structural editing takes care of the larger elements of your story like plot and character development, as well as smoothing out your prose and improving your writing.

Technical Editing

Proofreading can make or break your book, and poor proofreading sounds the death knell for a self-published book. No spelling, grammar, word usage, punctuation, or consistency error will escape this thorough check!

This package offers you a structural edit first, with tips to improve your writing and suggestions for strengthening plot, character development, structure, and more. This is followed by a thorough proofread.

Structural Editing

This is a combination of developmental editing and line editing. The parameters will vary depending on genre but tend to work with the “wider” structural elements of your writing. This can include character development, story arcs, plot holes, dialogue, narrative flow, consistent and appropriate tone, idea development, organization, and argument. We will also help to smooth rough prose and choppy transitions.

Short Story

$300

Up to 20,000 words

  • Developmental Edit
  • Line Edit

Alternative hourly rate of $30 USD

Novella

$650

Up to 50,000 words

  • Developmental Edit
  • Line Edit

Alternative hourly rate of $30 USD

Novel

$950

Up to 100,000 words

  • Developmental Edit
  • Line Edit

Alternative hourly rate of $30 USD

Please read these notes before ordering!

For other works such as academic papers, doctoral theses, textbooks, blog posts, business documents, poetry collections, etc., please contact us for a quote.

For books of over 100,000 words, please contact us for a quote.

We are unable to edit books with descriptive or explicit sexual content. We appreciate your understanding and apologise for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact us.

Deadlines will be negotiated between editor and author and will be formalized in a written contract. We reserve the right to charge more in the case of tight deadlines that require us to work overtime.

Payment will be made in two deposits: 50% at the beginning and 50% at completion of work. Orders may be cancelled once they are in progress, but the initial 50% deposit is nonrefundable.

Modes of payment are flexible.

Prices are listed in USD. If you are Canadian, you may request a quote in CAD. Unfortunately we cannot accommodate other custom currency requests, so the cost in other currencies will depend on the USD exchange rate at the time of conversion.

Technical Editing

This is a combination of copy editing and proofreading. Your writing will be thoroughly checked and corrected for spelling, grammatical and mechanical errors, and consistency, as well as issues of capitalization, numbers, hyphen use, logic and clarity, and gender neutrality. You will also receive suggestions regarding word choice/usage and tips for tightening prose.

Short Story

$150

Up to 20,000 words

  • Copy Edit
  • Proofreading

Alternative hourly rate of $30 USD

Novella

$350

Up to 50,000 words

  • Copy Edit
  • Proofreading

Alternative hourly rate of $30 USD

Novel

$650

Up to 100,000 words

  • Copy Edit
  • Proofreading

Alternative hourly rate of $30 USD

Please read these notes before ordering!

Complete Edit

This package offers both a structural and technical edit for your writing, at a discounted price! See those packages for more details on each service.

Short Story

$400

Up to 20,000 words

  • Developmental Edit
  • Line Edit
  • Copy Edit
  • Proofreading

Alternative hourly rate of $30 USD

Novella

$900

Up to 50,000 words

  • Developmental Edit
  • Line Edit
  • Copy Edit
  • Proofreading

Alternative hourly rate of $30 USD

Novel

$1500

Up to 100,000 words

  • Developmental Edit
  • Line Edit
  • Copy Edit
  • Proofreading

Alternative hourly rate of $30 USD

Please read these notes before ordering!

Nonfiction books fall under the same price range listed above.

For other works such as academic papers, doctoral theses, textbooks, blog posts, business documents, poetry collections, etc., please contact us for a quote.

For books of over 100,000 words, please contact us for a quote.

We are unable to edit books with descriptive or explicit sexual content. We appreciate your understanding and apologise for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please contact us.

Deadlines will be negotiated between editor and author and will be formalized in a written contract. We reserve the right to charge more in the case of tight deadlines that require us to work overtime.

Payment will be made in two deposits: 50% at the beginning and 50% at completion of work. Orders may be cancelled once they are in progress, but the initial 50% deposit is nonrefundable.

Modes of payment are flexible.

Prices are listed in USD. If you are Canadian, you may request a quote in CAD. Unfortunately we cannot accommodate other custom currency requests, so the cost in other currencies will depend on the USD exchange rate at the time of conversion.

We will store the final files in our archives for two years, during which time we can be contacted to request further revisions. After this amount of time, we cannot guarantee the possibility of revisions as files may be deleted to create storage space.


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