Line Edit

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.
• Memoir. Your truth shines with polished language that supports your story and no irritating technical distractions.
• Non-fiction. Your authority stands out: clear, elegant and professionally polished, building reader trust and return.

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 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

• Fiction – $0.035 per word (50,000 words x $0.035 = $1750.00)
• Memoir – $0.04 per word (50,000 words x $0.04 = $2000.00)
• Nonfiction – $0.045 per word (50,000 words x $0.045 = $2250.00)

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

Ready to begin?

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

And if you’re thinking how great it would be to save 25%, you can! With a Line-Copy Fusion Edit, you can have a Line Edit and a Copyedit done at the same time and save 25% off the cost of having the same work done separately.