You’ve had a developmental/structural edit, and you’re happy with where your story is! Congrats! Now it’s time for the second type of edit: the line edit.
A line edit is like giving your manuscript a spa day (though it takes much longer than one day!). It’s where we dive deep into every sentence, smoothing out wrinkles, applying a fresh coat of polish, and ensuring every word sparkles like a gemstone. A line edit enhances the beauty of your prose, cleans up all the grammar, spelling and punctuation errors, and makes your story shine brighter than ever before.
Through our line edit, we’ll read line by line and word by word while making suggested changes via track changes, as well as comments full of suggestions to help you revise your work. Our goal is never to change your tone or writing style but to help you enhance your writing so that your story is clear and easy to read to your readers.
Line Edit
A Line edit will:
- Look at the flow and structure of each sentence.
- Check for grammatical errors.
- Focus on ensuring that each sentence and paragraph contributes to the overall clarity of your writing.
- Ensure that your writing style and tone are consistent throughout the book.
- Evaluate word choice to ensure that the language used is appropriate for the intended audience.
- Check for consistency in spelling, formatting, capitalisation, etc.
- Look at so much more!
Pricing for a line edit starts at 0.038 per word (AUD).
We can’t wait to work with you!
What do I get with this line edit?
A beautiful and clean book baby that’s almost ready for publishing!
We’ll provide you with in-line track changes full of suggestions and comments.
We’ll also provide you with a short report with things we picked up on for your writing style, things to watch out for, more suggestions, etc.
Do I have to do a developmental edit first?
While we highly highly highly recommend you do a developmental edit before a line edit, this is your book! You do only what you can do and afford. 🙂
However, we require all fantasy books to have a developmental edit prior to a line edit. As fantasy includes all the world-building and magic and fun things like dragons, a developmental edit is required to make sure it works.
Remember, we want your book to be the very best it can be!
Can I do a sample edit?
Absolutely! This is a great way to see if we’re compatible.
Not only does it help you see what kind of intervention we’ll do on your manuscript, but it allows us to see the kind of edit we’ll need to do and quote you accordingly. 🙂
We usually request one to two chapters from the middle of the book.
This is part of the process before we reach out with a timeline and price, etc.
Who should get a line editor?
Anyone and everyone! Many people often think they only need a developmental editor and a proofreader, but the truth is that line edits are sometimes more important than both.
A line edit cleans up the writing and makes it grammatically and punctually accurate, which makes for a much better reading experience for your book.
