SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONAL EDITING
Make sure your story is of the highest caliber.
Employ a skilled editor to help you write better.
Are you interested in publishing but uncertain about the language, style, or structure of your piece? Is objectivity necessary to identify what supports and undermines your story? Hire an editor to enhance your work and fix mistakes so that it meets the standards of publishers and readers.
What steps are involved in editing?
Each author is at a unique stage in the writing process and needs a unique amount of editing support.
The editing services offered by Now Novel are all sequential, therefore we advise starting with a manuscript assessment (sometimes called a manuscript evaluation or criticism) and moving on to proofreading. Uncertain of the type of book editing you need? Send us your editing quote request to get in touch with us for support.
WHAT IS A MANUSCRIPT EVALUATION OR CRITIQUE?
A thorough, constructive, and critical examination of your document's strengths and areas that could benefit from more focused development modifications is known as a critique, evaluation, or assessment of the manuscript.
• After reading your story, your editor will provide you a detailed report that contains the following details:
• An analysis of your manuscript's content, including but not limited to the conversation, characters, pace, and dialogue, as well as the story's overall structure and plot development.
• A structural analysis of the story and suggestions for how to make it better
• Identify any significant problems with the narrative, such as weak points or inconsistencies in the plot (and offer fixes).
• A determination of the marketability of your novel based on the intended readership and genre
• thorough answers to no more than three direct questions
• Suggestions on how to proceed if additional editing or questioning is required
What does developmental editing include exactly?
Editing that tackles and resolves "big picture" issues in your content is known as developmental editing.
• Your entire manuscript, or a portion of it, will be read by your editor, along with any comments and changes that are made in line.
Line editing is another name for substantive editing.
• Your editor thoroughly examines the mechanics of your story to identify problems and offer clear solutions.
• Your developmental editor will help you polish the flow of your story and address issues with consistency, characters, weak or forced dialogue, and other stylistic and structural issues.
• Discuss with your editor. He or she will give you advice on the structure and content of your work.
• This is a methodical process designed to help you produce your best work.
Describe copy editing.
Copy editing is more about improving your language and style than it is about making your story more captivating.
• Your copyeditor will correct any grammatical errors and make recommendations for how to make your work flow better as well as clearer and more concise.
• guarantees appropriate and consistent language use.
• Issues with grammar, spelling, and punctuation are resolved.
It draws attention to any unclear or unsettling statements or descriptions (together with language and punctuation).
• It points out any additional stylistic errors or inconsistencies.
Describe proofreading.
The final step before a work is ready for digital or print publishing, following typesetting, is proofreading.
• Your proofreader will correct grammatical errors and other issues and provide a list of the changes made together with the line and page numbers for each adjustment.
• Only after the book has been typeset and is prepared for publishing does the last round of editing take place.
• Because it requires the least amount of work, it is also typically the least expensive per word.
• The process of book editing's last stage
• Your proofreader will look for errors in grammar, spelling, and formatting that might have gotten by the first round of editing.
• Before proofreading, all manuscripts must be carefully reviewed by a developmental or copy editor to ensure that any significant issues or inconsistencies have been addressed.