Book Editing & Proofreading · Author’s Craft
A great edit is invisible. Readers only feel the result — prose that flows, scenes that land, arguments that persuade. Our editors work at every altitude, from book-level structure down to the final comma.
Editing is not one service but four, and knowing which one your manuscript needs is half the value. Developmental editing interrogates the book itself — structure, pacing, argument, character arcs. Line editing rebuilds prose sentence by sentence for rhythm and clarity. Copyediting enforces correctness and consistency against Chicago style. Proofreading is the final forensic pass before print. At Author’s Craft, your free manuscript assessment tells you exactly which combination your draft needs — and which it doesn’t.
Every edit arrives as tracked changes with margin notes that explain the why, not just the what — so the manuscript improves and so does the writer. Fiction or non-fiction, first novel or fifth business title, our editors have shepherded more than 500 books to publication.
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Big-picture revision of structure, pacing, plot and argument — delivered as an editorial letter plus chapter notes.
Sentence-level craft: rhythm, word choice, transitions, voice consistency.
Grammar, usage, continuity and style-sheet enforcement to Chicago Manual standards.
The final zero-tolerance pass on the formatted files before print or upload.
A living document of your book’s names, terms and conventions — invaluable for sequels.
Send 1,000 words; see exactly how our editors would treat your prose before you commit.
FAQ
Send us the manuscript. The free assessment grades structure, prose and correctness separately, and recommends only the passes your draft actually needs.
Yours. The goal of a line edit is for you to read a polished page and think ‘this is what I meant’ — never ‘someone rewrote me.’
Microsoft Word with tracked changes is standard; Google Docs on request. Proofreading happens on the typeset PDF.
Yes — manuscripts from other ghostwriters or AI drafts are common starting points. The assessment is judgment-free.
