You’ve nailed your story and are happy with the structure. Now it’s time to focus on readability so that your readers stay on the page and immerse themselves in your prose.
A line- and copyedit corrects and smooths your work – artfully but invisibly.
A line edit focuses on preserving an author’s voice while ensuring their words are received the way they are intended, hence enhancing the readability. It includes editing for tone, flow, clarity, and language. Copyediting improves the readability of written material and checks for grammatical and factual errors. As part of the process, I check for inconsistencies, grammar on a moderate level, punctuations and spellings, repetitiveness of words and phrases, clarity of the story, readability, and suggestions amongst others.
Turnaround time for an average 50k manuscript is 5-7 days and includes two rounds of editing.
Proofreading is the final step in the editing process. A proofread consists of checking for punctuation errors, grammatical issues, and minor formatting problems.
Proofreading is the last line of defence before you go live to your readers. The main purpose is to improve the quality of the writing while ensuring that there are no lingering mistakes and correcting generalized errors or writing inconsistencies.
Turnaround time for an average 50k manuscript is 2-3 days.