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How do I work? Carefully, with your vision in mind.

How long it takes me to edit your manuscript depends on quite a few factors. Editing can take anywhere from 4-8 weeks. It typically takes me around a month, though (give or take a week).

I don't do rush jobs, as that would leave you with costly, subpar editing. No one wants that, and I don't feel right giving it.

My process looks like this:

When I receive the manuscript, I read through the story first to approach it from a reader’s perspective with my focus on the reading experience and to understand its characters and plot.
I’ll make small notes of things that I catch along the way to remind myself to address them more thoroughly later.

Then I read it a second time, slowly and more judiciously.
I look deeper into the details and make suggestions for aspects of the story that could be strengthened or amplified in any way, for the type of editing you've requested.

I apply corrections using Track Changes in Microsoft Word and suggestions via the comments feature.
When I feel I've covered everything I can, I'll send it back to you and you can decide whether to accept or reject changes I've made and consider what I've suggested.

My suggestions are just that.

Suggestions.

You will always be who is in control of the story, and I intend to help you keep it that way.
If any questions arise while you're going through it, I'm here to answer them.

My suggestions come from knowledge of current best practices in the editing industry for fiction, successful practices of storytelling, reader expectations, and publishing industry standards,
but ultimately, I aim to uphold your voice and style (imperative aspects that make a story unique and warrant rule breaking.)

If this sounds good to you and you feel you’d like to work together, please begin by selecting and filling out the "New Client Intake Questionnaire" below.

Let's decide how best to start with tidying your book.