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Editing Options,
PROOF-READ ONLY
A. Proof-reading
This option deals mainly with grammar, punctuation, spellings and typo errors. It is most useful for short stories (eg for competition entries), reports or articles. We will highlight and correct your manuscript and send you a digital copy of the amendments, and you can decide whether you wish to accept them.
COPY EDITING
B. Copy Editing
We will go through your manuscript, line by line, to identify and correct errors, such as spelling mistakes, punctuation errors and typos. We will pick up on missed commas, unwanted hyphens, needless repetitions, and clumsy phrasings.
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We will ensure consistency throughout your manuscript, check your facts, and look for clarity of your sentences. We will make sure that your manuscript is properly formatted and presented. This service is suitable for self-publishers, or writers wanting to improve their manuscript before submitting to an agent or publisher.
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What we will NOT do is to challenge or amend your plot, your pacing or characterisation. Your story will remain your story!
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We will amend and replace mis-spellings and incorrect punctuation marks, and re-format the work to a publishing standard. We may suggest other changes, including cutting down sections or chapters, or re-arranging them. We may suggest alternative words and phrases, all the while taking into account your own distinctive writing ‘voice’.
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But our preferences may not be yours, so our suggestions and comments are given purely in an advisory capacity. We will send you a suggested amended version for your approval which you may, or may not, choose to accept. You will need to check the amended version carefully, as some of your writing, especially dialogue, may be colloquial, idiomatic, slang etc that we may not be aware of, and we will rely on you to tell us this.​ You may not wish to accept the amended version, and that is entirely your choice.
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All of our suggestions are made in order for your book to be as successful as possible.
C. Line Editing
Line editing is the most detailed form of editing, looking at sentence structures, clarity, and rhythms. This is suitable for, eg, writers where English is a second language; and writers with additional needs such as dyslexia.
LINE EDITING
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Publishing options
Once you have agreed the final version of your work, we can format it to an appropriate layout for printing. You may wish us to publish it as an independent publisher, or you may wish to self-publish it yourself. Alternatively you may wish to submit it to an agent or traditional publisher, and we can format it to an appropriate layout for that purpose too. See our Publishing page.