Choose this option if you are concerned about the readability of your work…

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

• MG – Adult: $0.025 – $0.05 per word

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

 

• 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, etc

  • 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 or chapter-to-chapter)

• Lack of variation with sentence structures

• Linking/action verbs vs. filler words

• Showing vs telling (which are both necessary)

  • Scene vs 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, sex)

• 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