Manuscript Doctors, Script Doctors, Screenplay Editors
After working with us, many of our clients sold their work to
commercial publishers.
NOVELS, SHORT
STORIES and NON-FICTION
Manuscript evaluation:
Offering a broad, overall assessment of
your manuscript, pinpointing general strengths and weaknesses.
Problem areas will be flagged and suggestions for improvements
made. The critique will provide some detailed advice on manuscript
revisions.
BASE FEES: $800 for a manuscript up to 80,000 words; $1000 up
to 100,000 words; $1250 on longer works.
Hands-On Content editing (Will include some
rewriting, if the client wishes):
Focus on structure, style, content. The
editor works with the author on specific problems – structural
difficulties, poor pacing, plot or conceptual inconsistencies,
unnatural dialogue, poorly developed characters, stylistic troubles,
flabby writing. Will include face-to-face or telephone work
sessions, as requested.
BASE FEE: $5,000/$6,000/$7,500
Copy editing (often done in conjunction with
content editing):
Editing at the sentence level, focusing
on paragraph and sentence structure, word use, dialogue rhythms,
etc., with the goal of creating a smooth prose flow. Correction
of common errors (grammar, spelling, syntax, punctuation), incorrect
usages, logic lapses, continuity problems.
BASE FEE: $2,500/$3,500/$5,000.
If done in conjunction with content editing, those fees apply
with an additional $1,000/$1,500/$2,000
Development Work:
BASE FEE: $650 minimum for up to five hours/$95 an hour thereafter
TV AND FEATURE-LENGTH SCRIPTS
Read and evaluate:
Detailed analysis of scripts, including characters, story development,
structure and dialogue.
BASE FEE: $500 for television scripts; $1,000 for feature-length
scripts
Personal consultation and developmental work
BASE FEE: $200 an hour
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