Using the industry standard of 250 words per page, the services and the rates I offer are as follows:
* Three Page Introductory Edit – substantive, line editing, copy-editing: free
* Manuscript Critique – overview, especially focusing on the plot, character development, and writing style: $1 per page
* Fifty to One Hundred Page Critique – examination of scene development and general fiction techniques: $2 per page
* Manuscript Copy Editing – primarily spelling, grammar, word choice, sentence structure, paragraphing: $3 per page
* Substantive Edit – story and scene structure, plot development, character development, dialogue, and general fiction techniques: $4 per page
* Both Copy Editing and Substantive Edit – a publishing-ready edit: $5 per page
* Mentoring – fifty pages of substantive edit with the author making changes and resubmitting for a second or third edit. The focus is to help the writer master fiction techniques and scene structure which they can utilize for the rest of the manuscript: $5 per page on the first pass, $3 per page on the second, $1 per page each succeeding time
You may contact me about any of these services by leaving a comment (moderation is on, so it will not be visible to others) or by emailing me at rluellam at yahoo dot com.
