Developmental editing manuscript request

Fill out the form and upload your document for developmental editing. Make sure you add the corresponding name and email that you used when paying the fee for developmental editing.

If you word count is different from the price you paid, we will send you a note and add the price of any extra word count not mentioned when requesting the service.

Your manuscript will be treated with the respect it deserves and not shared outside of our editing agreement.

What you will get with the developmental edit

1. An extensive developmental edit report

2. Overall plot report

3. Character arc report

4. Pacing report

5. Manuscript arc report

6. Structural issues report

7. Chapter by chapter report and improvement suggestions

8. Dialogue and character voice suggestions

9. Writing style improvement suggestions

After you fill out the form, we will review your manuscript sample to make sure it’s a good fit. If it is a good fit we will send you a payment form, based on word count.

Once you have paid the service fee, we will get to work. We usually take 2-4 weeks to finish the developmental edit, depending on the state of your manuscript.

All notes in the report are suggestions to help you hone your manuscript, while taking the tone, genre and your writing style into account.

We do not use AI when undertaking developmental editing.