Short Form Editing by Nicole Starkweather

Short Form Editing by Nicole StarkweatherShort Form Editing by Nicole Starkweather

Short Form Editing

Nicole Starkweather

Starting at

/hr

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.

Whether you want me to look over a blog post, read one of your short stories, give feedback on an essay you wrote, whatever it may be, I'm going to give you a full service editing experience.

There are some parameters, though.

Your work must be between 500 and 10,000 words.

If your piece is shorter than 500 words, I'm super impressed, and would love to take a look at it, so send me a message and we can discuss your needs and my rates.If your work is longer than 10,000 words, my other services could be perfect for you.

I can typically take care of about 1,000 words an hour, depending on the state of the piece, and charge $30/hour.

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 a brief editorial letter in a separate document to better encapsulate and explain the things I think work and don't work overall within your piece. I also leave comments throughout the document--like a lot of comments. I'm verbose, what can I say?

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.

Example projects

Comprehensive Short Form Editing

Skills and tools

Content Editor

Copy Editor

Proofreader

Google Drive

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