Copy Editing
Order a Copy Edit LAST before formatting and publishing.
Recommended ONLY for confident writers after completing all revisions and preparing to format
Necessary as your FINAL edit before publishing and as a formatting check before distribution
Line Editing
Order a Line Edit as your final REVISION before sharing publicly or distributing your manuscript.
Recommended BEFORE sharing, distribution, review or publication
Necessary MINIMUM edit before submitting to organizers, agents, and publishing houses
Content Editing
Order a Content Edit to get professional in-line FEEDBACK and successfully rework your text.
Recommended for FEEDBACK as an in-depth edit to better organize and convey motivation or inspiration to your readers
Necessary HELP when your manuscript has extensive issues with English grammar, clarity, comprehension, structure, or purpose
Book Coaching
Order a Package Edit to achieve confidence that you are READY to share your manuscript publicly.
Recommended as a COMPLETE editorial service. Get a Content Edit, feedback and a final Copy Edit.
Necessary MULTIPLE EDITS organizing and presenting your ideas. Get assistance with the English language and an extensive assessment of structure.
Basic Copy Editing
FINAL EDIT
Basic Copy Edit is your FINAL edit after multiple revisions with no planned changes before formatting, proofreading, and then publishing.
Copy editing your nonfiction book includes checking your grammar, spelling, and punctuation for accuracy; ensuring consistency in your writing’s word choices, style, and compositional spacing; and eliminating jargon and repetitious words.
Standard Line Editing
INDUSTRY STANDARD REVISIONS
Standard Line Edit corrects your sentence and paragraph structure, checks for subject-verb agreement, and inserts transitional phrasing as appropriate. Your Line Editor addresses your writing style, creative content, and use of language at the sentence and paragraph level. Line editing focuses on your language and communication with your reader.
Standard Line Edit includes our Basic Copy Editing services (correcting spelling, grammar, punctuation, word usage; eliminating jargon and repetition; ensuring style consistency; and adjusting compositional spacing).
Your professional Line Editor improves the continuity and flow of your writing and support statements. You also receive editorial remarks, suggestions, and feedback throughout your manuscript.
Line editing is the writing industry standard most recommended by publishing agents prior to submitting for review and consideration.
Executive Content Editing
IN-DEPTH EDIT
Executive Content Edit is your ideal choice when you desire honest feedback to revise your overall manuscript. Your Content Editor evaluates if your book is achieving your inspirational, motivational, or instructional goals in writing.
Content Editing critiques your manuscript’s flow, continuity, and consistency of presentation and thoughts. Your novel’s Structural Content Edit includes basic Copy Editing and standard Line Editing which corrects spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Your Content Editor reviews your word choice; eliminates jargon and repetition; guarantees writing consistency; revises inappropriate verb tenses; and inserts transitional phrasing.
Your Content Editor also provides essential professional guidance, developmental assessments, and continual feedback on your manuscript throughout your document’s comments section.
Achieve professional guidance on your overall concept and presentation. Choose Content Editing prior to sharing with beta readers or the public in general.
Plus Book Coaching
PROFESSIONAL CRITIQUE & SUBSTANTIVE STRUCTURAL CONTENT EDIT
Receive structural revisions while evaluating your presentation, proposition, point of view, and call-to action. Your best career investment.
Recommended as a COMPLETE editorial service. Get a Content Edit, feedback and a final Copy Edit.
Necessary MULTIPLE EDITS organizing and presenting your ideas. Get assistance with the English language and an extensive assessment of structure.
Secure a professional CONTENT EDIT AND CRITIQUE to ensure your success!
Our professional editing services can ‘correct
and perfect’ ANY document!
Since 1994, we have been professionally proofreading and editing words written by individuals, corporations, students, journals, universities, and other entities worldwide.
Our skills, expertise, and integrity have helped us to perfect the writing of SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND clients successfully! We hire only seasoned professional editors, and we GUARANTEE client satisfaction.
FirstEditing thrives on repeat business and, as a result, we strive to ensure that ALL of our clients
are satisfied enough to return for more professional editing services in the future. Find out for yourself!
Want to know more about editing?
We’ve tried to make the editing choices as clear and straightforward as possible in the comparison chart above. However, if you want the nitty-gritty details with lots of drawn-out explanations,
we have that too!
Just choose the type of editing that interests you most to learn lots more:
- Executive Editing Package
- Premium Content Editing
- Standard Line Editing
- Basic Copy Editing
- Proofreading Services
Of course, if you want to discuss this personally, we would love to speak with you.
Give us a call at +1 (321) 251-6977!