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Line Edit

​I read your manuscript line-by-line and suggest changes (using Microsoft Word’s Track Changes and Comment features) to improve the writing. I do not address deeper issues such as story structure, plot continuity, or characterization in a line edit. (A developmental edit does that.)

​Line edits include fixing errors such as subject/verb agreement, antecedent/pronoun agreement, incorrect verb tense, and misused words. Line editing suggestions include eliminating passive voice, offering stronger noun and verb choices, and removing redundancies.

​I also offer rewrite suggestions for fragment and/or run-on sentences (when those choices have gone from stylistic to confusing) and suggest when to break apart or join together paragraphs.

​You’ll receive a heavily marked-up manuscript.

​I recommend doing a line edit when you feel comfortable you have no large rewrites ahead of you due to plot holes, timeline issues, or other deep structure changes. Typically, if you haven’t received any feedback from anyone, if you are the only person who has laid eyes on your manuscript, you’re not quite ready for a line edit and should consider a developmental edit instead.