Creative

Therapeutic stories, memoirs, novels in various genres, a high fantasy role-playing game, a self-help book on mindfulness and horses—these are among the many creative projects I’ve edited over the years. To give your project the love and attention it deserves, I rely on an interactive process that creates a meaningful dialogue between us—as writer and editor.

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The workflow described below often folds in multiple levels of editing (explained here), but we can tailor this to your particular needs, such as just developmental editing or just copyediting.

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• We meet briefly (in-person, phone, or Zoom) to discuss your project.

• I take one slow, detailed pass through your manuscript, editing at 4 levels (copy, stylistic, structural, and developmental, explained here).

• I return the electronically edited manuscript to you. This will have many in-text edits, tons of in-text comments, several pages of additional notes, and a style sheet (a record of how you usually handle spelling, numerals, measurements, dates, grammar choices, etc.).

• You follow up on my edits, comments, and recommendations as you prefer and then return the revised manuscript to me. 

• I take a second, faster pass as I check this revised copy, and clean up other things I notice.

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I further recommend a final proofreading pass (to catch any lingering errors). I am willing to do this, but sometimes it is better to have “fresh eyes” on the manuscript for this final pass.