What We Do
Manuscript Assessment
Receiving critique can be difficult for many writers; having your work picked apart and opinions expressed about your 'baby'.
We promote positive, helpful and comprehensive feedback that celebrates both the good and the 'needs improvement' areas of your manuscript, offering you insight into your writing and the opportunity for self-improvement and skill development.
A manuscript assessment can help you identify the areas of your story that need a bit more development before your manuscript is ready for editing and publication.
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A manuscript assessment focuses on the big picture of your story, its structural strengths and weaknesses and overall readability, including:
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Character development
Plot development
Setting and imagery
Voice and dialogue
Narrative
Flow
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Editing
Looking to publish? Whether through submitting to traditional publishers or self-publishing, engaging a professional editor to help you smooth out your manuscript might be the right step for you.
Our editing services cover:
Structural or Developmental Editing
A complex look at your manuscript at structural level:
Plot - is it believable, intricate, enjoyable
Themes
Characterisation - personality, development, relationships
Point of view
Pace and flow
Dialogue - is it, long-winded, complicated, necessary to plot
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Copy/Line Editing
We look at your manuscript on a technical level:
Spelling
Grammar
Punctuation
Syntax
Consistency
Ambiguous or factually incorrect statements
Overused words and sentences
Run-on sentences
Dialogue
Flow of passages
Confusing narratives
Pacing of passages
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