We’ll discuss your main concerns before a thorough review of your manuscript. Our comments will focus on strengths and weaknesses in plot, dialogue, setting, characterization, research, and other elements of good storytelling.

This service is most effective when the manuscript has a solid foundation, but changes are still easily incorporated. 

Flat rate fee $750 

Developmental editing, also known as substantive or structural editing, shapes a manuscript into an exceptional written work. We often look at early drafts or expanded outlines, but we help authors improve manuscripts at any stage.  

Technical and Non-fiction Manuscripts

We focus on content and organization with a close look at how information is conveyed, and whether added tables, graphs, and images might improve reader experience.

$50 – $80 per hour

Fiction Manuscripts

We focus on storytelling with a close look at plot and subplots, timelines, flow, and characters.

$40 – $60 per hour

Stylistic editing focuses on clarity and flow at the sentence level.

We edit carefully, to retain an author’s unique style while checking that the voice, tone, and mood match the content. We also eliminate wordiness and suggest substitutions for jargon, clichés, and biased language.

Technical authors partner with stylistic editors to create a clear, logical presentation of complex topics.

Fiction authors who have been told that they need to “show not tell”, or to use active voice will find stylistic editing particularly beneficial.

$40 – $60 per hour

Copy editing, with its focus on the mechanics of writing, is what editing means to most people.

Here we polish a manuscript through careful review of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. We also deal with permissions, bias, accessibility, and fact checking.

In technical materials, we check every formula and table entry, and we confirm that graphs, maps, and other images carry complete and accurate labels and key information.  

For all authors publishing in their non-native language, we ensure correct Canadian, American, or British spelling and usage. 

This is detailed, time-consuming work. We must be consistent and accurate, but flexible and nimble.

• We read every document at least twice because it helps us find more errors. 
• We work with the most appropriate style guide for your project, which might mean the Chicago Manual of Style, CSE, APA, Microsoft, or another standard. And we always incorporate your unique preferences.

The cost of a copy edit is based on the level of editing, from light to heavy, and its complexity. 

Technical Manuscripts

$50 – $80 per hour

Fiction and Non-fiction Manuscripts

$30 – $50 per hour

$3 – $5 per 250-word page (fiction)

For our editing clients publishing in-house manuals and reports, we offer layout and design services.

We work closely with you to turn your vision into reality. Using our expertise in writing and publishing tools, such as Adobe InDesign and XML, we create print-ready or digital documents for your company.

$60 – $100 per hour

Proofreading gives a manuscript its final polish before publication.

We review your manuscript for minor spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors missed during editing, which may be all an author needs or requires.

But proofreading is the final opportunity to confirm the content and layout of a manuscript matches your expectations.

We confirm that all expected content is included and in the right place and that all copy edits have been made.  

All visual element details and captions are checked and elements such as hyperlinks, cross-references, footnotes, and indexes are verified.

As we work through your manuscript, we also check that formatting has been consistently and correctly applied. 

Proofreading costs depend on the complexity of the manuscript.

$30 – $50 per hour

$1 – $3 per 250-word page (fiction)