Services
Guiding and Supporting Writers
from the Spark of an Idea
to a Finished Manuscript
Overview of Developmental Editing Services--Fiction and Nonfiction
As a Developmental Editor, I Collaborate with Writers:
To create the Foundation for their Novel or Memoir
To create the Foundation for their Narrative Nonfiction book, Or Self-Help book for the general reader.
To revise a Partial or Complete Manuscript
To polish a Manuscript before Self-Publishing or Submission to an Agent or Publisher
To write their Book Proposal: Comparative Titles, Audience Analysis, Structure, Annotated Table of Contents, Several Chapters
Creating the Foundation for a Book
6 Assignments + 6 One-Hour Meetings--$530
There is an idea that has been haunting you for a long time. It’s an idea that is meaningful enough, interesting enough, or entertaining enough to warrant a book. You want to write that book, but you don’t know where to begin or you are stuck in the middle unable to move the manuscript forward.
Whether you need to pour words on the page to get a sense of your book or you prefer to make outlines, working through the following elements of building the foundation for a book provides a North Star to guide the development of your book from beginning to end.
Element # 1: Elaborate your vision for your book to provide the essential understanding of the book that informs the other elements of building the foundation for your book.
Element # 2: Clarify your book idea, so you know the point of your book or your books guiding theme and why readers browsing in bookstores will want to purchase your book
Element # 3: Find the structure of a nonfiction book or the shape of a story for a novel or memoir
Element # 4: Conceptualize the narrative arc and the character arc of transformation so there is an engaging cause-and- effect trajectory from the beginning to the end of your novel, memoir, or work of narrative nonfiction
Element # 5: Create a nonfiction book with an overarching structure with chapters that link ideas together, guiding readers on a transformational journey of personal growth, knowledge, or the acquisition of important skills.
Element # 6: Create a work of self-help nonfiction or narrative nonfiction that artfully weaves together research and story
As a Developmental Editor, I Collaborate with Writers:
To create the Foundation for their Novel or Memoir
To create the Foundation for their Narrative Nonfiction book, Or Self-Help book for the general reader.
To revise a Partial or Complete Manuscript
To polish a Manuscript before Self-Publishing or Submission to an Agent or Publisher
To write their Book Proposal: Comparative Titles, Audience Analysis, Structure, Annotated Table of Contents, Several Chapters
Creating the Foundation for a Book
6 Assignments + 6 One-Hour Meetings--$530
There is an idea that has been haunting you for a long time. It’s an idea that is meaningful enough, interesting enough, or entertaining enough to warrant a book. You want to write that book, but you don’t know where to begin or you are stuck in the middle unable to move the manuscript forward.
Whether you need to pour words on the page to get a sense of your book or you prefer to make outlines, working through the following elements of building the foundation for a book provides a North Star to guide the development of your book from beginning to end.
Element # 1: Elaborate your vision for your book to provide the essential understanding of the book that informs the other elements of building the foundation for your book.
Element # 2: Clarify your book idea, so you know the point of your book or your books guiding theme and why readers browsing in bookstores will want to purchase your book
Element # 3: Find the structure of a nonfiction book or the shape of a story for a novel or memoir
Element # 4: Conceptualize the narrative arc and the character arc of transformation so there is an engaging cause-and- effect trajectory from the beginning to the end of your novel, memoir, or work of narrative nonfiction
Element # 5: Create a nonfiction book with an overarching structure with chapters that link ideas together, guiding readers on a transformational journey of personal growth, knowledge, or the acquisition of important skills.
Element # 6: Create a work of self-help nonfiction or narrative nonfiction that artfully weaves together research and story
Guiding Writers from the Spark of an Idea to a Finished Manuscript
Developmental Editing Package: 6 Deadlines and 6 One-Hour Meetings--$530
Perhaps, you've built the foundation of your book or want professional guidance as you move from the beginning to the end of your manuscript. Meeting weekly, biweekly, or monthly when you submit a completed chapter or a section of pages, I provide detailed comments focused on writing craft elements that are working well, writing craft elements that need further development, next steps, and specific strategies and approaches to improve the manuscript.
We work with only 6 deadlines and 6 meetings, so you have the option to continue working on your own anytime you choose.
Manuscript Evaluation
Cost Determined after Free One-Hour Consultation but ranging from $1,200 to 2,500 depending on word count and condition of manuscript
But maybe, you’ve moved from having an idea to a complete manuscript and want to understand if there are areas that need improving before self-publishing, or submitting to agents or editors--Or, perhaps, your finished manuscript is far from what you dreamed it would be. It just isn't working and you don't know why. A manuscript evaluation can offer the information you need.
I will read your partial or complete manuscript to identify where it’s working, where it’s not working and, most importantly, why. Detailed comments on each page in combination with an editorial summary with specific strategies, approaches, and reading recommendations move you forward and guide your revision efforts.
Developmental Editing Package: 6 Deadlines and 6 One-Hour Meetings--$530
Perhaps, you've built the foundation of your book or want professional guidance as you move from the beginning to the end of your manuscript. Meeting weekly, biweekly, or monthly when you submit a completed chapter or a section of pages, I provide detailed comments focused on writing craft elements that are working well, writing craft elements that need further development, next steps, and specific strategies and approaches to improve the manuscript.
We work with only 6 deadlines and 6 meetings, so you have the option to continue working on your own anytime you choose.
Manuscript Evaluation
Cost Determined after Free One-Hour Consultation but ranging from $1,200 to 2,500 depending on word count and condition of manuscript
But maybe, you’ve moved from having an idea to a complete manuscript and want to understand if there are areas that need improving before self-publishing, or submitting to agents or editors--Or, perhaps, your finished manuscript is far from what you dreamed it would be. It just isn't working and you don't know why. A manuscript evaluation can offer the information you need.
I will read your partial or complete manuscript to identify where it’s working, where it’s not working and, most importantly, why. Detailed comments on each page in combination with an editorial summary with specific strategies, approaches, and reading recommendations move you forward and guide your revision efforts.
I would like to talk with you about your Book Project and answer all your questions.
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Learn more about services for life stories, memoir, nonfiction, and fiction by clicking on the buttons below.
