Editing Services

Professional developmental edits and copyediting for long fiction and long non-fiction manuscripts.

A.E. Santana has over ten years experience as an editor and is certified in Chicago Manual of Style and AP Style. She has worked with authors on short stories, novellas, novels, articles/essays, and plays. She has degrees in journalism, mass communications, and creative writing.

Developmental Editing

Assisting the author in connecting with their audience through style, theme, voice, tone, etc.
Fix issues with plot holes, characterization, organization, chronology, etc.
Evaluating character arcs, plot structure, pacing, and themes.
Recommending scene additions or removals.
Deepening character motivations.
Clarifying narrative voice.

Clients will receive developmental edits in an electronic PDF different from the client's manuscript. Timeline based on the length of the client's manuscript.

This is a separate service from Copyediting.

Fiction: $50 per hour

Non-fiction: $60 per hour

Copyediting

Identifying run-on sentences, unnecessary words, and redundancies.
Detecting and correct shifts in tone.
Ensuring phrasing is natural, clear, and consistent.
Enhancing pacing for better readability.
Ensuring the story is effectively communicated.
Refining writing style, flow, readability, grammar, sentence structure, and word choice.

Clients will receive line edits via Track Changes in an electronic Word Doc of their manuscript. Timeline based on the length of the client's manuscript.

This is a separate service from Developmental Editing.

Fiction: 2¢ per word

Non-fiction: 3¢ per word

For more information or to set up a free consultation, please email

contact at aesantana dot com