Consider comprehensive editing if you have finished your drafts and are thinking about publishing.
Comprehensive editors do a close read of your manuscript with an eye for sentence and paragraph structure, readying it for publication.
Comprehensive editing is usually carried out before publication, after multiple drafts. The editor uses Word’s track changes feature so you can see the changes made and accept or reject them as you see fit. This is your last stop before a final proofread and publication. It includes (but is not limited to):
Fiction
- Improving readability and flow
- Providing editorial comments
- Tightening dialogue and looking at authenticity, flow, and tagging
- Clarifying blocking as the characters move through the scene
- Addressing repetitive or misused words and eliminating wordiness
- Eliminating “information dump”
- Pointing out missed opportunities to “show” rather than “tell”
- Commenting on chapter sequencing, pace, scene transitions, and flow
- Ensuring consistency of character, verb tense, and point of view
- Correcting spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax
Non-fiction
- Improving readability and flow
- Providing editorial comments
- Addressing repetitive or misused words and eliminating wordiness
- Commenting on sequencing, pace, and flow
- Correcting spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax
- Limited fact-checking
- Ensuring consistency of verb tense
- Correcting formatting of in-text citations and list of works cited (APA, MLA, etc.)
At the end of the comprehensive edit, you will receive a Word document addressing each of the above elements, along with comments suggesting next steps.
Comprehensive editing: 0.006/word USD
Samples of Works Edited by EMSA Publishing
Kill Me Why? by Ritu Sethi (editing)
I Was, Am, Will Be Alice by Elise Abram (interior paperback and eBook formatting, cover art, editing, book blurb)
Valykyrie Playbook by Elise Abram (interior paperback and eBook formatting, cover art, editing, book blurb)
Wisdom and Habits of High Performing Individuals by Shahid Ahmad (editing, interior paperback and eBook formatting)
From Teen to Twenty: 12 Life Skills to Embrace Responsibility and Enjoy Your Freedom! by Niki Floros-Privett (editing, interior paperback and eBook formatting, creation of interior graphics)
Togetr4Success: The Missing Link: A definitive guide on how to sustain parent involvement in your school by Eric Robinson (editing, interior paperback and eBook formatting, creation of interior graphics, book blurb)
Conner’s Contrary Bride by Barbara Goss (editing)
A Bride for Nathan by Barbara Goss (editing)
The Maroons: The History and Legacy of African Descendants Who Formed Free Settlements across the Americas, Charles Rivers Editors (editing)
The Battle of Towton: The History and Legacy of the Biggest Battle during the Wars of the Roses, Charles Rivers Editors (editing)