Line Edit

The Style & Flow Pass

Line editing examines your writing at the sentence and paragraph level and makes suggestions for improving flow, clarity, and impact while keeping and even enhancing your unique voice.

What Line Editing covers

Line editing is not about changing your story. It’s about enhancing the quality of your prose so readers can immerse themselves in your ideas.

A WordServings Line Edit

  • refines the flow of your sentences
  • strengthens style, adjusting word choice and phrasing for clarity, tone, and impact
  • reshapes dense or confusing passages into text that is effortless to read
  • polishes dialogue so conversations feel natural, balanced, and true to character
  • flags POV inconsistencies.

Benefits by genre

  • Fiction. Your smooth, immersive prose and dialogue pulls readers in and they stray, undistracted by annoying technical errors.
  • Non-fiction. Your authority stands out: clear, elegant and professionally polished, building reader trust and return.
  • Memoir. Your truth shines with polished language that supports your story and no irritating technical distractions.

What you’ll receive

  • Your edited manuscript with Track Changes showing every editorial alteration
  • A ‘clean’ copy of your manuscript with all changes accepted
  • In-manuscript questions where your input is needed
  • In-manuscript comments (brief) on anything I particularly loved in your story
  • A custom style sheet documenting editorial and style decisions made
  • A short editorial report summarizing any repeated technical issues in your writing and suggestions for how to fix them going forward
  • Email support during the editing process
  • A follow-up call after you’ve received your edits for any questions or clarifications

Investment

Every story is unique, so every quote is tailored to reflect the scope and depth of the individual manuscript. As a guide, a Line Edit of 50,000 words generally falls within the USD $2000–$2500 range. This reflects the detailed attention and care your story receives at WordServings.

A clear agreement covers scope of the project and fee before any work begins. There are never any hidden costs.

Ready to begin?

Let’s talk about your story

If you’re more concerned about grammar, spelling and punctuation, a Copyedit may suit you better.

Explore Copyediting

And if you’re thinking how great it would be to have a Line Edit and a Copyedit at the same time, you can! It’s called a Line-Copy Fusion Edit.

EXPLORE A FUSION EDIT