Keywords: Consistency and Accuracy

Price:​ (depends on the genre and extent of work required)

• MG – Adult: $0.03 – $0.04 per word

• PB – Chapters: Please inquire further since your word count is less than 20,000

 

• Many words have various spelling options depending on your publishing region. Therefore…

  • Copyediting (also copy editing or copy-editing, depending) ensures that the most appropriate spelling options are used—and used consistently—throughout the entire manuscript.

• Copyediting also focuses on other elements of consistency

  • Example #1: the MC’s eyes stay the same color throughout the manuscript (depending on genre, plot, and arcs)

  • Example #2: if the POV is third-person limited, there shouldn’t be unintended moments that slip into first-person or third-person omniscient

  • Example #3: the MC had to turn left to head to their kitchen from the front door in Chapter Five, but when they’re entering their house in Chapter Twelve, they turn right

  • Example #4: the “rules” and “limits” set up for your supernatural ghost should be coherent and comprehensible without them needing to be spelled out for readers. Where can the ghost go? Can it move through walls and doors? Can it interact with objects? Can it sit and lie down on things? Can anyone see, hear, feel, or smell the ghost?

  • Example #5: the character already stood up on page seven, so they don’t need to shoot up from their chair again on page eight

  • Example #6: that party your MC is ruminating on happened two weeks ago, not three.

  • Example #7: American high school basketball season typically starts in November, but the MC is playing basketball against a rival school two weeks into the school year (in late August).

• Furthermore, Copyediting will…

  • Address jarring and glaring punctuation errors

  • Fact-check details such as historic events, quotes, references

  • Check formatting elements like text messages, letters, bibliographic citations

  • Adhere to the style guide or your publisher’s house style guide (noted by you)

  • Place style tags on the Microsoft Word document upon request