Line & Copy Editing – Purely Prose

Editing Services

Full line- and copyedit who it’s for

Now that you’ve nailed your story and are happy with the structure, it’s time to focus on the readability.

A line- and copyedit corrects any errors while retaining the integrity of your style and narrative voice. This helps ensure that your writing flows well and any distractions are removed.

What you get:

1. A full line-by-line edit
I’ll edit your novel focusing on each line and each word. My focus will be on clarity and flow. I’ll address the following:

Authenticity of phrasing and word choice in relation to character voice
Chapter sequencing
Character-trait consistency
Cliché and awkward metaphor
Dialogue expression: style, tagging and punctuation
Effectiveness of sentence-level narration
Layout guidance
Letter, word, line and paragraph spacing
Pace and flow: special attention to repetition and overwriting
Problematic representation, stereotyping and othering
Spelling, grammar, syntax, punctuation, hyphenation and capitalization
Standard document formatting using Word’s styles palette: indentation, paragraph style, section breaks
Told versus shown prose
Use of tenses

2. A style sheet

The style sheet records decisions about hyphenation, numbering, capitalization, spelling variation, punctuation style and idiom usage so that we can bring common-sense consistency to your writing.