Copy Edit for Short Stories (40k words or less)

This service includes a copyedit for your novella.  Story must contain 40k words or less. 

Please email me PRIOR to booking to confirm a start and end date for your project, especially if you have a deadline you're aiming to hit. 

What will this service address within your writing piece?

• Overall flow of story
• Story pacing
• Ensuring each chapter drives the story forward
• Consistency regarding character behavior & development
• Showing versus telling
• Word repetition
• Consistency of spelling, hyphenation, numbers, names, and facts.
• Awkward word choice and/or sentence structure
• Any incorrect dialogue tags/punctuation 
• Point of view inconsistencies
• Irrelevant language
• Repetition and redundancies
• Punctuation
• Obvious errors, such as missing words, double words, and spelling mistakes

This edit DOES NOT include proofreading, although I will note and correct every error that I see. I will likely catch most of the errors, but I do advise contracting a second set of eyes to thoroughly proofread your work. (Please note my advice given within the editing landing page.)