Editing Services

Editing Fiction

We do a lot more than simply just editing your work for grammatical errors and typos; we ensure your writing uses a variety of sentence structures and lengths, presents an active voice, avoids word repetition and maintains conceptual consistency. We can even add elements of NLP to exert a hypnotic hold over your readers.

Basic edits:

1. Add 0.5 inch (1.27 cm) or one tab space indentations at start of all paragraphs.
2. Close all paragraph spaces as per standard layout.
3. Close spaces between speech-marks and periods/first sentence letters.
4. Close spaces between periods and commas and letters.
5. Apply correct abbreviations: your – you’re
6. Add missing punctuation.
7. Elide incorrect punctuation: Mrs. – Mrs
8. Separation of different characters’ speeches onto different lines.
9. Hyphenation of pre-noun adjectives.
10. Reduce ellipses to three followed by a space, as per standard: …
11. Apply correct italics where required
12. Elide unnecessary punctuation around non-list conjunctives: , and
13. Add/remove possessive apostrophes where absent/present

Advanced edits:

1. Ensure sentence readability, inserting finite verb and punctuation.
2. Reduction of over-long sentences.
3. Add greater sentence variety in terms of length, opening and structure.
4. Check name and place spelling consistency.
5. Check temporal consistency.

Literary edits:

1. Add colour to descriptions.
2. Add sensory engagement.
3. Remove filter words where POV is clearly established.
4. Check plot and historical consistency.

NLP enhancements:

1. Add alliteration to induce hypnotic effects.
2. Add metaphors to induce greater reader engagement.
3. Add Pattern-interrupts to reconfigure the reader’s worldview.