Choose this option if you are concerned about the readability of your work on a line-by-line basis…

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

• Fiction MG – Adult; Nonfiction:

  • $0.025 – $0.05 per word

• Picture Books – Chapters:

  • Please inquire further with a word count less than 20,000

 

• Major punctuation errors or overuse

• Grammar and syntax

• Spelling

• Diction/Word choice

  • Consistency with your character’s voice, which could depend on their culture, generation, aspirations, attitudes, and more

  • Suitable for genre and target audience

• Overuse of adjectives and adverbs

• Correct use of tenses

• Pronouns: nominative (I), objective (me), and possessive (my/mine)

• Awkward phrasing, redundancies, inconsistencies, and repetitions

• Awkward transitions (sentence-to-sentence; chapter-to-chapter)

• Lack of variation with sentence structures

• Linking/action verbs v. filler words

• Showing or telling (both are necessary)

  • Scene v. summary

  • Handling of exposition in narrative and dialogue

• Dialogue tags, action beats, and other beats in between

• Amping up or toning down certain scenes (including but not limited to action, tearful moments, intimate scenes of various levels)

• Establishing scenes with the senses that your characters have (less than five, just five, or more than five)

• Hook-worthy sentences that begin and end each chapter

• Fact-checking that affects details, plot points, and character arcs