Copy Editor for YA Manuscripts
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About this service
Summary
My copy editing service focuses on finished, polished manuscripts that are one step away from querying agents or publishing houses. I will focus on grammar, punctuation, spelling, syntax, and sentence structure, and will provide minor sentence-level rewrites as needed. If you are looking for developmental editing (plot, characters, setting, etc.), that is a separate service.
My rate is $40 per 5k words. For example, if your novel is 75,000 words, your rate will be $600. For any manuscript that falls between 71,000 and 75,000, the rate will be rounded up to the above example of $600.
What's included
I will copyedit your YA manuscript according to CMOS 17
I will return the edited manuscript with changes made to: Grammar Punctuation Spelling Syntax Sentence structure for readability I will also include a Style Sheet for the writer to reference for additional manuscripts in the same series or for other editors to reference during their rounds of editing. All original writing will be maintained to allow the client which rewrite suggestions to keep and which to delete.
Example projects
Skills and tools
Copy Editor
Proofreader
Google Docs
Microsoft Word
Industries
Publishing