One of the many services we offer here at Nightshade Publishing™ is story editing. Within that we offer several types of editing services! We exist not only to publish stories, but to help authors finish their stories—even if they aren’t publishing with us.
Our professional team of editors is more than equipped to help you edit your stories following the Chicago Manual of Style.
If you’re not sure why type of editing you’re looking for we can help you decide through email. We also offer free sample edits of your work, to show off our work and make sure that we’re a good fit for each other. Contact us through the form below for more information.
Story Consult
Talk through your story idea. Start laying the groundwork of your world and plot over a voice call. In the time you slot you'll work through your story idea, structure, character motivations, worldbuilding, and whatever else you need.
Starts at $45 an hour with the option to add an additional half hour for $15.
Developmental Edit
The developmental edit takes a look at your story as a whole. From plot and characters, to story arcs and structure, setting and style. This edit is the first stage of professional editing and gets you ready for copyedits.
Up to 1,500 words
$115.00 Flat
1,500 - 7,500 words
$135.00 Flat
7,500 - 17,500 words
$0.017 per word
17,500 - 50,000 words
$0.016 per word
50,000 - 120,000 words
$0.015 per word
120,000 - 240,000 words
$0.014 per word
Copy Edit
Think of this edit as fine-tuning your book. Going line by like and addressing grammatical and punctuation errors. Also included in this edit is fact-checking, noting anomalies, and typos. The purpose of the copy edit is to check the readability of a book, it won't go deep into plot and characters like the developmental edit will.
Up to 1,500 words
$90 Flat
500 - 7,500 words
$115.00 Flat
7,500 - 17,500 words
$0.0155 per word
17,500 - 50,000 words
$0.0145 per word
50,000 - 120,000 words
$0.0135 per word
120,000 - 240,000 words
$0.0125 per word
Proofread
The "let's double-check that" of editing. This is when we make sure that all the t's have been dotted and all i's are crossed. . . wait a minute. Anything that could stick out to a reader will be noted in this stage. At this stage formatting will also be looked at and checked.
Up to 1,500 words
$85.00 Flat
1,500 - 7,500 words
$110.00 Flat
7,500 - 17,500 words
$0.014 per word
17,500 - 50,000 words
$0.013 per word
50,000 - 120,000 words
$0.012 per word
120,000 - 240,000 words
$0.011 per word
Our team retains the right to reject stories based off of content and scheduling. Thank you for understanding. Stories will be gone through by the editing team and assigned based on best fit and author preference. Note that all editor rates are the same through the company, along with the standard of which pieces are edited. Each editor has editorial experience and has studied both English at an advanced level, and the Chicago Manual of Style.