Language-level services
Line Edit / Light Critique
This is a comprehensive and detailed pass. We'll fact check, assist with sentence structure, awkward phrasing, confusing transitions, pacing problems, and pick up inconsistencies in plot and characterization. This pass will also catch many spelling, grammar, and word repetition issues, but it is not to be considered a thorough copyedit. This is where we make decisions about technical correctness and author voice--though we follow the Chicago Manual of Style, not every author wants every mark just where Chicago dictates. This is the pass where the author voice is honed, clarified and amplified.
Investment: $.0140/word ($700 for a 50k word manuscript.)
Proofread (also called a copyedit)
Is your manuscript finished? Have you picked through it so many times you're dizzy? Then it's probably time for a copy edit/proofread. This is a final read by a practiced eye to catch typos, grammar gaffes, and punctuation issues. We'll also flag word repetition and any other minor issues.
Investment: $.0090word ($450 for a 50k word manuscript.)