Services

Option 1:
story Assessment

Up to 5,000 words - $55.00 Flat Fee
Above 5,000 Words - $11.00 per 1,000 words*

Struggling with big-picture issues like structure, point of view, or characterization? Is your story and/or novel in need of a new set of eyes? Superb! The Story Assessment will help provide direction for your next revision. This option provides proofreading and feedback.

I'll provide feedback on the following:

• Voice/Style

• Plot

• Pacing

• Characterization

This feedback will also identify:

• Inconsistencies

• POV issues

• Conceptual issues

This feedback will be sent to you in the form of a letter, which will list areas for improvement, as well as highlight areas of success. It does not include chapter-by-chapter breakdown nor a sentence-by-sentence line edit.

Option 2:
developmental edit

$15.00 per 1,000 words* (Minimum 25,000 words)

Is your story and/or novel in need of intense review? Having issues with character or plot? Are the structures and arcs not connecting? Let me dig. This option provides line editing, copy editing, in-depth improvements to language usage, organization, phrasing, and feedback on content. For fiction, this also includes a critique of plot development and characterization.

I'll provide feedback on the following:

• Voice/Style

• Plot

• Pacing

• Characterization

• Character Arc

Each chapter will be assessed to identify your strengths and weaknesses and how each story element could be developed to improve the success of your story. This breakdown will focus on the meat of your story and will include in-line editing to improve each sentence. 

This feedback will also identify:

• Plot holes

• Inconsistencies

• Lack of conflict

• Necessity of story elements

• Whether it's entertaining

• Areas of confusion

This feedback will be sent to you in a document that includes a summarized overview and a chapter-by-chapter breakdown, which will list areas for improvement, as well as highlight areas of success. I welcome any additional information requested to be added this document. Note that Historical Fiction projects will not include fact checking, as I’m not qualified in this regard.

*per 1,000 words count is rounded either up or down, depending on final word count - i.e. a 35,450 word document would be billed at the 35,000 word count, whereas a 49,850 word document would be billed at the 50,000 word count.