Editing Services

Overview

If you’re looking for masterful editing with a quick turnaround and at an affordable price, you’ve found the right editor. Bethany specializes in short-form, literary writing. She’d love to help you edit:

• Poetry
• Essays
• Short-form memoir
• Flash creative nonfiction
• Flash fiction
• Short stories
• Chapbook or full-length collections of any of the above.

Services Offered

• General Comments – global edits for consistency of voice, pacing, organization, structure, plot, narrative arc, juxtaposition, strengths, what needs to be worked on, next steps, etc.
• Line Edits – includes everything offered with general comments, plus: proofreading, tiny line edits, details such as syntax, diction, and sentence variation, word choice, flow, sound, nitpicky things, etc.
• Submission Preparation – helping you find the outlets that want your work and get you published there.
• Writing Coaching & Mentoring – developing an idea, fostering a writing practice, helping you establish writing goals and routines that set you up for success. Click here for more on mentoring services.

Prices

• General comments – $5 per page (double-spaced prose; single-spaced poetry)

• Line edits – $7 per page (double-spaced prose; single-spaced poetry)

• Recommendations for submissions – $2 per page + $20 flat fee.

• Hire me by the hour – $40 per hour for writing coaching & mentoring. 

• Chapbook editing (up to 50 pages) – $350
 includes developmental edits, organization, and line edits on every piece. Optional Zoom call to discuss.

• Full-length collection (up to 100 pages) – $700
 includes developmental edits, organization, and line edits on every piece. Optional Zoom call to discuss.