SERVICES AND RATES
Different editors use different words to describe different types of editing. It all can get very confusing, but this freelance editor works with the most common types of editing in three distinct categories.
PROOFREADING
$0.50 / 100 words
Sometimes known as basic editing, this is the simplest edit. Along with beta reading notes, I'll pore through your work to fix any mechanical errors including misspellings, typos, punctuation, and basic grammar to give your book a professional look.
COPYEDIT
$0.75 / 100 words
Also known as heavy editing or line editing, this is a more in-depth edit. This is where we start improving the actual writing itself. Nothing about your story itself will change, but you'll receive general readability and story notes. On top of that, I’ll offer suggestions to fix mechanical mistakes word choice, syntax, sentence length and flow, paragraphs, and of course, beta reading notes. A second round of proofreading follows the heavy edit.
DEVELOPMENTAL EDIT
$1.00 / 100 words
Also known as substantive or content editing. Here’s where the real fun lies. Everything in your story will be scrutinzed down to the color of your protagonist's best friend's bedroom walls. Along with a heavy edit, I’ll offer advice on charaters and their arcs, plotlines, subplotlines, overall organization, point of view, tense, voice, POV, dialogue, and any other reasonable thing you may want or need help with. You'll get your manuscript and a fat set of notes about the major changes I sugges. A round of proofreading follows the developmental edit.
SAMPLE EDIT
Free of charge
I would never expect anyone to hire me without first seeing how I work and whether we're a good fit for each other or not. So if you are interested, send me a sampling of 3-6 pages of your work, and I will happily do a copyedit for you. If you like my work, fantastic! If not, no hard feelings.
Vaccei Editing accepts payment in a slew of different ways, the preferred being PayPal or direct bank transfers. A deposit of 33% of the total cost is paid at the time of signing the contract, the other 66% at the end of the first editing cycle.
CONTACT ME
Feel free to get in touch about writing, editing, or anything else you’re curious about.
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If you'd like a quote, please include the length (in words) and genre of your manuscript in the email.
