Developmental editing — This is the foundation stage of the editing process. We scrutinize the structure, organization, logic, flow and consistency of your work, from characters and dialogues to pacing, plots and subplots, chapters and themes. In this stage, we offer advice on building a well-executed story or non-fiction work.
Substantive (line) editing — During this stage of the editing process, we tighten and polish your work at the prose level and consider the presentation of your story or message. Here, we look at the chapters, paragraphs and sentences of your work and make adjustments for clarity, logic, cohesiveness, and consistency. That way, your story or non-fiction work says what you want it to mean in the most powerful way.
All editing work includes copyediting at the end of the editing process. At this stage, we review your work and correct errors and inconsistencies in spelling, syntax, punctuation, capitalization and text formatting issues.
