I offer a range of services, depending on what your book needs. If you are unsure, please contact me. All prices are indicative, but I would be happy to provide you with a quotation once I have completed a free edit on a sample from your book.
Developmental editing for fiction
You have finished writing your novel but need some advice on which areas of it are really strong and where it could be improved. I offer two levels of service for this. A manuscript appraisal, which is a written summary of various aspects of your novel or a full developmental edit, which includes a more detailed edit, written on the manuscript. I will look at the novel as a whole, but concentrate on:
- point of view
- show, don’t tell
- dialogue
- plot
- structure
- theme
Pricing
| Words | Indicative price for manuscript appraisal | Indicative price for full developmental edit |
| 80,000 | £700 | £1,600 |
Copyediting
This is a step in the editing process, when the book has been completed and you are happy with the plot or how the book develops, but it hasn’t been laid out yet. I will:
- check for factual accuracy
- ensure that all words are written consistently, using a style sheet
- mark the manuscript up so that it’s ready to be laid out
- check grammar, spelling and punctuation
- suggest small changes to improve the flow of the manuscript
Pricing
| Words | Indicative price |
| 30,000 | £530 |
| 50,000 | £800 |
| 70,000 | £1,050 |
Proofreading
When your book is almost ready for publication, I can carry out a final check for those niggly errors that often don’t get noticed earlier, in things such as:
- spelling, grammar and punctuation
- consistency, e.g. well-being doesn’t become wellbeing and vice versa
- layout
- references to specific illustrations
Pricing
| Words | Indicative price |
| 30,000 | £390 |
| 50,000 | £600 |
| 70,000 | £770 |