I offer private clients a range of personalized editing services that can help improve a text at every stage of its development.
Check out this list of specific services below, then send me a message to help me understand your specific needs.
College Essay Tutoring
Writing college admissions essays is challenging for even the most excellent of student writers.
Not only are some prompts designed to trick or confuse applicants, many also ask students to engage in a serious kind of self-inquiry that they’ve never attempted before.
My one-on-one college essay tutoring sessions are designed to guide students to respond effectively and sincerely to a range of essay prompts — and to help them learn about themselves in the process.
In these sessions, I marshal more then a decade of my personal education experience (as a school-site administrator, a college essay and SAT/ACT tutor, and teacher-of-record for courses on nearly every subject in the humanities) to help students show colleges why they are the ideal candidate for admission.
Schedule a free consultation with me today to see how I can help you write the perfect essay to get admitted where you really want to go.
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Manuscript and Professional Writing Coaching & Editing
LINE EDITING AND PROOF-READING
Proofreading – from $0.07 per word
Proofreading is one of the final steps before a piece of writing is complete. This edit focuses on punctuation, spelling, capitalization, verb tenses, and grammar. If you’re hoping to further refine an already refined project, you’re looking for proofreading.
Line Editing – from $0.08 per word
If you’re confident in your work’s plot and structure, line editing helps to make it flow. This edit focuses on word choice and usage, repetition, sentence flow, paragraph and sentence length, and fact-checking if applicable. If you’re looking to refine your writing or lower your word count, you’re looking for line editing.
DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING
Reader Report – from $0.06 per word
A reader report takes stock of what works and what doesn’t in a piece of writing. The author receives a “reader report” that can also be used to query publishers. This is an overview of your text, in writing.
Basic Developmental Edit – from $0.16 per word
This edit can be made to focus on your priorities, but it generally examines the quality of the storytelling and writing in a piece, focusing in particular on the text’s capacity to build a world, the absence or presence of plot holes, pacing, and character arcs. This is a careful but light edit of your text.
Strong Developmental Edit – $0.25 per word
This edit is a deep dive into your manuscript. It pushes on problematic areas of your text, offering detailed suggestions as to how to rework them rather than pointing them out. This edit includes detailed in-text comments and an overview of suggestions in narrative form (like a reader report with a how-to-fix-it guide).
Superior Developmental Edit - $0.48 per word
This edit is the most thorough and intense program I offer and tends to work best for authors who want to have a one-on-one relationship with their editor as they work on a single project with the aim of publication. This edit includes the features of a Basic and Strong Developmental Edit and then some. You’ll receive detailed in-text commentary, a careful overview of your work and suggestions in narrative form, and three additional follow-up options: video calls, directed follow-up passes on sections up to 10,000 words, and specific clarifying questions in email format. This edit also includes one 30-minute emergency video chat for urgent questions that require on-demand responses.
TRANSLATION COaching & EDITING
Translation Editing – from $0.12 per word
Translation editing goes beyond standard proofreading, requiring a nuanced approach that compares the original text with the translated version. This edit ensures the translated material's accuracy, cultural relevance, and fluidity. If you want to refine a translation to capture meaning and intent in the context of the original, this edit is tailored for you.
Collaborative Translation Review – from $0.15 per word
For this edit, I work closely with the translator to analyze the nuances of the original text. This involves an in-depth review where we assess linguistic fidelity, stylistic appropriateness, and contextual appropriateness. I will provide feedback through detailed comments and suggestions, facilitating a collaborative effort to enhance the overall quality of the translation.
Comprehensive Translation Assessment – $0.20 per word
This thorough assessment includes a deep dive into the translation's effectiveness, offering detailed critiques of the translated work in relation to the original text. I will provide an overview report summarizing strengths, weaknesses, and specific areas for improvement, ensuring that the final product resonates with the intended audience.
Hourly Pricing
In the world of written works, the pricing standard is to charge by the word. However, this isn’t appropriate for all projects. Depending on the shape of your work, you might consider asking for an hourly rate.
Hourly pricing tends to shift more risk towards the writer, as it’s difficult to estimate the exact amount of time an editing project can take. When charging by the word, the editor takes on more of the risk; two pieces that are both 10,000 words might require a very different number of hours to edit to completion.
If you feel comfortable with the stage of the project and are sure that it is a tight piece of writing that just needs to be polished, hourly rates might be for you.