Developmental Editing

Developmental edits look at the big picture, analyzing the plot, structure, content and marketability of your piece. You’ll get a detailed response highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of your work, broken down by genre-dependent criteria. Specific grammatical or stylistic changes (i.e., at the sentence- or word-level) are not the main focus here, as rewriting and restructuring may be suggested. Communication is key, and I would be happy to meet over the phone or via Skype/Zoom during this process. 

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This covers:

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• Big-picture issues

• Character development, plot, pacing and dialogue (typically for fiction)

• Structure, content, argument and tone (typically for nonfiction)

• Setting, world building and descriptions

• Telling versus showing

• Dialogue and point of view

• Overall language issues and writing recommendations

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Rate:

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• Varies - Please contact for a quote

• 1-6 ms/hr