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Developmental editing zooms out to look at the big picture—the forest, not the trees. Rather than evaluating sentences word by word or line by line, we look at the overall story to make sure it’s meeting your goals and delivering on its promise to the reader. My approach involves asking open-ended questions and offering suggestions to help you make the right decisions for your story. I’ll never insist on a change that doesn’t feel right to you, and I’ll never offer critique without suggestions for how to improve.
Clients: Independent authors (new and veteran), authors seeking representation, publishers, literary agents
Client Projects: Complete manuscripts, partial manuscripts with outlines, outlines or synopses
Deliverables: Detailed edit letter, in-line comments
Areas of Assessment:
Structure, plot & pacing
Tension & suspense
Character development
Setting & worldbuilding
Audience & genre
Theme
Point of view & voice
Continuity
Line-level patterns (While a developmental edit is not assessed on the line level, I will call out line-level patterns when present throughout)
Available Add-Ons: Line edit (May be completed simultaneously or following a developmental edit. A simultaneous line edit may not be recommended for all projects); Query & Synopsis Development
Developmental editing zooms out to look at the big picture—the forest, not the trees. Rather than evaluating sentences word by word or line by line, we look at the overall story to make sure it’s meeting your goals and delivering on its promise to the reader. My approach involves asking open-ended questions and offering suggestions to help you make the right decisions for your story. I’ll never insist on a change that doesn’t feel right to you, and I’ll never offer critique without suggestions for how to improve.
Clients: Independent authors (new and veteran), authors seeking representation, publishers, literary agents
Client Projects: Complete manuscripts, partial manuscripts with outlines, outlines or synopses
Deliverables: Detailed edit letter, in-line comments
Areas of Assessment:
Structure, plot & pacing
Tension & suspense
Character development
Setting & worldbuilding
Audience & genre
Theme
Point of view & voice
Continuity
Line-level patterns (While a developmental edit is not assessed on the line level, I will call out line-level patterns when present throughout)
Available Add-Ons: Line edit (May be completed simultaneously or following a developmental edit. A simultaneous line edit may not be recommended for all projects); Query & Synopsis Development
