Line Editing
Line editing comes after any structural or big-picture issues have been resolved in developmental editing. This line-by-line edit focuses on style, consistency, and readability. It’s a sentence-level edit designed to hone the content and flow of your prose.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
I’ll go through your manuscript, line by line, focusing on these areas:
- Syntax
- Continuity
- Consistency of tenses, tone, style, and voice
- Enhancing the flow of the text
- Smoothing awkward transitions between sentences and paragraphs
- Rendering jargon or cumbersome words into plain language for clarity
- Resolving ambiguities and clarifying the author’s meaning or intention
- Limiting passive words. Improving unnatural dialogue
- Eliminating redundancies and repetition
- Removing unnecessary words to eliminate wordiness and tighten prose
- Limiting crutch words, vague words, flabby words, and overused adverbs ending in -ly
- Maintaining balance between character names and pronouns
- Limiting clichés
- Deleting similes and metaphors that are over the top or confusing
- Reordering sentences to ensure paragraphs are clear, coherent, and focused
- Adjusting sentence structure and length for variety, consistency, and balance
YOU RECEIVE
- A tracked copy
- A clean copy
- A style sheet
PRICING
$0.015 per word
DETAILS & LOGISTICS
Formats & Platforms:
Microsoft Word (Track Changes and Comments)
This service includes one round of line edits. (One round comprises several passes.) All edits will be made using The Chicago Manual of Style (18th ed.) and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate and Unabridged Dictionaries.
I recommend booking 3 to 6 months in advance to secure your desired spot on my schedule.
FIT & FOCUS
This Service Helps With:
Refining word choice, ensuring smooth transitions, and improving readability.
Great Fit For:
Authors with a finished draft who have a strong grasp of their story’s plot and structure but need help with the clarity, flow, and style of prose to improve readability.
TESTIMONIALS
“Her quality of work was beyond my expectations, and she got things back in a timely manner. Highly Recommend. Worth every penny!”
~ Emily Elder