Affordable AI-Powered Developmental Editing for Authors

Affordable AI-Powered Developmental Editing for AuthorsAffordable AI-Powered Developmental Editing for Authors

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Jesse Harper

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BigEditor: Tech-Enhanced Developmental Audits

BigEditor was born out of necessity. As an author of a 160,000-word manuscript and a 190,000-word epic, I faced a hard reality: a single developmental pass often costs between $1,500 and $5,000. I needed unlimited access to competent editorial advice without that gatekept price tag.

I built this tool to handle the "heavy lifting" of editing—readability, clichés, and a deep-logic continuity pass. By using semantic embeddings, the engine understands the actual meaning behind character attributes, timeline markers, and world rules.

The Process:

Typically, I—or if you would like to join in, we—work through your entire manuscript together line-by-line, addressing each annotation BigEditor provides. This can be with AI-enriched suggestions or without; the choices and the creativity are always yours.

The Value:

No, the value is not that of full editor, it is only part of what an editor can do for you, so i offer it at only part the price. It is about providing a professional-grade structural audit at a price that is actually reasonable for indie authors.