What does your project require?
Structural Edit
(Also known as Developmental Editing) For large projects like entire books, this is the first edit. This is a big-picture edit where larger issues can be spotted and changed before going down to the sentence level. It’s an assessment of the structure and form of a manuscript. For fiction, this is also where the story, plot and character development get assessed. Many authors use a developmental edit in their first or second drafts to help organize their writing.
Stylistic Edit
(Also known as a Line edit) This type of edit is my specialty. When you want your manuscript to be professional, clear and consistent, a stylistic edit can help. A Stylistic edit is about your words at their best.
This edit ensures every sentence makes sense, so your reader can read without pausing to consider your intent. As your editor, I will learn your voice and ensure my edits reflect you. I track every change and you choose what edits to accept.
Copyediting
This is the red-pen-through-spelling-errors kind of edit. Spelling, grammar, punctuation, following the style guide, language and consistency are a few of the things assessed. Often this edit is done in conjunction with the Line edit.
Proofread
Proofreading is the last step in the editing process and is conducted when your manuscript is in its final format. For example, when a book has been laid out ready for printing. A proofreader looks for obvious errors missed in previous edits as well as the formatting and layout. This edit ensures there aren’t any pages with an orphaned line of words, that images are well placed, and that page numbers are correct.