Personal writing needs a different kind of editing. The goal isn't to make your story sound like someone else wrote it. It's to help you say what you're trying to say more clearly, powerfully, and honestly.

I edit personal essays, memoir chapters, narrative nonfiction, and other deeply personal writing while protecting the writer's individual voice.

I can help with: • Structure and narrative flow • Finding the heart of the piece • Stronger openings and endings • Pacing and organization • Emotional impact • Identifying places that need more or less detail • Clarity and sentence flow • Repetition and unnecessary passages • Transitions • Voice consistency • Grammar and mechanics when needed

Your project includes: • Editing for up to 3,000 words • In-document edits and comments • Big-picture feedback on the piece as a whole • Suggestions rather than unnecessary rewriting • One follow-up round for questions or reasonable revisions

I won't rewrite your story into something that sounds like me. My job is to help the strongest version of your voice come through.