Long Form Editing

Nicole Starkweather

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About this service

Summary

I'm not really an editor that can separate forms of editing. I'm just not coded that way. When I work on a piece, I put every bit of knowledge and experience I have into it. Because I want your writing to be as strong as it possibly can.
First of all, cheers to you. You wrote a book! You've got yourself a full blown BOOK!
I can't say I've ever done the same, but boy ol' boy have a I read and studied (and critiqued) my fair share of them.
Fantasy? Bring it on. Romance? One of my favorite genres. Literary fiction/nonfiction? Such a rich and beautiful medium to work in. I seriously love to read and work with it all. And anything I don't really know or understand yet, you better believe I'm gonna do my research first.
Long form editing projects for me look like 51,000 words or more.
If your piece is shorter than 51,000 words, check out either my Short Form or Medium Form editing services.
Typical turn around time is one week for every 10,000 words.
My rate depends on the length of your manuscript, and I'd love to message with you to discuss what works best for both of us.
I use the Google Docs Suggesting feature for every change I make, offering up explanations for most of my changes unless it seems particularly obvious, and provide an in-depth editorial letter in a separate document to better encapsulate and explain the things I think work and don't work overall within your manuscript. I also leave comments throughout the document--like a lot of comments. I'm verbose, what can I say?
Also, with this service we will schedule a 30-minute Zoom call with me both before and after the editing process begins and ends. We can discuss specific things that you want me to keep an eye our for while reading, and I can give you more direct, verbal feedback.
Please feel free to message me with any questions you may have. Happy writing, y'all!

What's included

  • Copy Editing/Proofreading

    How's your subjective/verb agreement? Are your commas in the right place? Do you need quotations here? Missing punctuation? Misspellings? I've got my eye on it.

  • Line Editing

    I'll turn passive voices active. If your sentence isn't flowing right, I'll flag it and give suggestions. What about whole paragraphs, are they out of order and could have more impact with a different flow? I can help.

  • Developmental Editing

    Broader in scope: I'll take a step back and really consider not only paragraph-to-paragraph and scene-to-scene flow, but also the piece as a whole. I'll give thoughts on what I think works and what I think could go. I'll suggest things that could be added, and maybe throw a revision tip or two in along the way.

Skills and tools

Content Editor
Copy Editor
Proofreader
Google Drive
Zoom

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Short Form Editing

Example projects

STARTING AT

$30/hour

hourly rate, One week

Medium Form Editing

STARTING AT

$500

fixed rate, Up to 1 Month