What Type of Editing Do You Need and What Will it Cost?
Line Editing
Line editing examines voice and style, assessing for clarity, flow, internal consistency, and organization. At the level of sentence and paragraph, line editors point out cliches, awkward phrasing, confusing passages, repetitiveness and redundancies.
Get to the core of what you want to say in a back-and-forth process. Line editing makes you think more deeply about your own writing and helps you craft the strongest version.
Rate: $60/hour
Copy Editing
Copy editing focuses on the mechanics. It fixes errors in punctuation, grammar, spelling, syntax (word order), and diction (word choice). It looks for consistency in capitalization, numeration, and spelling conventions.
Rates: $0.044/word
Proof-reading
Once the edits are complete, proofreading ensures your final text is free of errors, including spelling and typos.
Rates: $60.00/hour
Formatting
Ensure your final copy adheres to the style guide’s formatting requirements. I specialize in APA 7 and can also cross-check in-text citations with references.
Rates: $60.00/hour