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Developmental Editing
Improves Structure, pacing, argument and chapter order.
When When the manuscript exists but you are unsure it works as a whole.
Book Editing
Keep Your Voice.
Strengthen Every Page.
Developmental, line and copy editing plus proofreading. Each level fixes a different problem, and we help you choose the one your manuscript needs.
Four levels
One Manuscript.
Four Kinds of Attention.
Editing comes first, then formatting, then proofreading. The order saves time and money.
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Line Editing
Improves Rhythm, clarity and word choice, sentence by sentence.
When When the structure is right but the prose feels heavy or uneven.
03
Copy Editing
Improves Grammar, consistency, style decisions and continuity.
When When the writing is finished and inconsistencies keep appearing.
04
Proofreading
Improves Typos, punctuation and layout slips on the final pages.
When When the book is formatted and needs one clean final check.
Editorial in practice
Same Voice. Sharper Sentence.
BeforeShe had always, for as long as she could remember, wanted to leave the town, but there were a lot of reasons that she had never actually managed to do it, most of them to do with her family and the responsibilities that she felt she had.
AfterShe had always wanted to leave the town. Family kept her there, and so did the responsibilities she had never quite put down.
From our work
The Ghost of Blackthorn Palace
Gothic fiction
A young woman is drawn to an abandoned estate where a ghost is trying to reveal what happened to her.
Not Sure What the Manuscript Needs?We will tell you.
An editorial assessment answers the question before any full edit begins.