Line editing is a comprehensive style of editing that looks into how you, as an author, utilized language in conveying your story or message to your readers. More than just combing for technical oversights (such as punctuation, spelling, and grammar) line editing ensures the cohesion of context and checks if the sentences evoke the intended message you wanted to impart to your readers.

Line editing looks out for the following:

• Perspective
• Point of view
• Character voice
• Character development
• Plot structure
• Overall theme
• Overall consistency
• Overall weaknesses within the story

Line editing is about checking the composition of already-written sentences for issues like redundancy, dangling modifiers, unclear phrasing, inappropriate jargon, consistency in narration, and basic fact-checking.

Note: All editing services have a 5,000-word minimum charge. We advise you to submit your manuscript for a copyediting process after the structural editing process.

Line editing usually takes two to three weeks, depending on the company’s work backlogs and manuscript intricacy.

LIMITATIONS

This structural editing service can only be availed within the production phase and is not applicable to books that have already been printed or are already on sale.

REVISIONS

• Only one round of FREE revision or modification will be granted; the succeeding revisions to take place will be subjected to the standard rate.
• Please ensure that all requested alterations or corrections are forwarded to us in one communication. Standard rates will apply on the additional incremental corrections.

Content editing or substantive editing covers the integral fine-tuning of the manuscript. This style of editing concentrates on possible factual slips, discrepancies, and conflicts in circumstances of your characters (for fiction). 

Content editing is seeing the bigger picture, including cohesion of ideas and organization of parts presented in the manuscript. Depending on the genre of your manuscript, the content editor ensures the consistency of the tone and preserves the author’s writing style while exercising editorial judgment on ambiguous areas.

Content editing reviews the following specifics:

(for fiction)

• Storyline discrepancies
• Plot and character disparity, dialogue issues, perspective in narration
• Listed facts in the story plot that may require consent or authorization from an outside source

(for nonfiction)

• Credibility of sources
• Verification of facts and theories included in the content

Criteria for content editing:

• Our editors will focus on reviewing the consistency of plot details, characters, and setting for fiction.
• For nonfiction titles, the editor will confirm and correct the consistency of information, ideas, and precision of factual statements.

Note: All editing services have a 5,000-word minimum charge. We advise you to submit your manuscript for a copyediting process after the structural editing process.

Content editing usually takes two to three weeks, depending on the company’s work backlogs and manuscript intricacy.

LIMITATIONS

This structural editing service can only be availed within the production phase and is not applicable to books that have already been printed or are on sale.

REVISIONS

• Only one round of FREE revision or modification will be granted; the succeeding revisions will be subjected to the standard rate.
• Please ensure that all requested alterations or corrections are forwarded to us in one communication. Standard rates will apply on the additional incremental corrections.

Unlike other types of editing that are usually applied when the author has finished writing the manuscript, developmental editing best happens during the process of writing. It is the crutch that helps the story stand up. The developmental editor sets technicality aside and focuses on the readability aspects.

 Developmental editing reviews the following specifics:

• Perspective
• Pacing
• Character voice
• Character development
• Plot structure
• Overall theme
• Overall consistency
• Overall weaknesses within the story

Criteria for developmental editing:

• For fiction writing, our expert editors will review the readership and genre to decide whether the content is suitable. Afterwards, the elements comprising the storyline, pace, characterization, and dialogue will be reviewed as well.
• For nonfiction manuscripts, our editor will review the relevance of the work and the appropriateness of the content. They will also look at whether ideas are developed sufficiently, factual assertions are precise, and the material is regimented.

Note: All editing services have a 5,000-word minimum charge. We advise you to submit your manuscript for a copyediting process after the structural editing process.

Developmental editing takes two to three weeks, depending on the company’s work backlogs and manuscript intricacy.

LIMITATIONS

This structural editing service can only be availed within the production phase and are not applicable to books that have already been printed or are already on sale.

REVISIONS

• Only one round of FREE revision or modification will be granted; the succeeding revisions will be subject to the standard rate.
• Please ensure that all requested alterations or corrections are forwarded to us in one communication. Standard rates will apply on the additional incremental corrections.