Stone Oak Publishers — Your Personal Publishing Solution

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Coaching and Editing

All the help you need to polish your book.

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Coaching and Editing

The most important choice for your book is to hire a quality, professional editor.

Name

First Name

Last Name

Telephone #

Name of Your Writing Project

Fiction or Non-Fiction? Please indicate genre and give a brief description of your project.

Type of Edit or Service Requested (see list above)

Number of Words

Nothing is more important than a good edit.

Types of Edits:

Substantive or Content Edit — Your editor considers the entire book and makes sure that the story or logic flows well. Your substantive editor will help you see areas that need improvement or fleshing out, as well as provide suggestions and writing tips. Your editor will help you make the best word choice and write in a tighter more fluid way. For non-fiction, your substantive editor will find logical or factual errors, as well as help you deepen the content of the message of your book. For fiction, your content editor will analyse your characters and plot and setting to discover if these are relevant and believable, as well as make sure your story moves provides conflict and resolution throughout.

Copy-Edit — Your copy editor will make sure your grammar and punctuation and spelling and use of language are correct. Corrections include word choices and all the intricate details of the structure of the sentences.

Proof Reading — The proofreader finds any errors missed by other editors and beta readers. The proof reader will specifically look at formatting issues, punctuation mistakes, spacing issues, specialized terms, and overall alignment.

Other Services —

Book Doctoring — We will help you get your book in shape for publishing by organizing the material into logical chapters and sections. We will add in subtitles if needed. We will find and note pull-out quotes. We will index the book if required.

Coaching — For inexperienced writers, our certified writing coaches will coach you to help you learn the craft of writing. Learn how to write tight, well-formed sentences. Discover the best use of adjectives, adverbs, and strong verbs and nouns. For Fiction writers, your coach will show you how to craft the setting, action, characters, dialogue, and plot to build your story. For non-fiction, your editor will bring out your creative flare as he or she coaches you in how to include story in your non-fiction and how to write with emotional language.

Ghost Writing — A ghostwriter, often called a collaborator, writes your story or message in book form or other texts such as magazine articles, speeches, or blogs. However, the work is most-often officially credited to another person (you) as the author.

The list below shows the usual fee ranges for different kinds of editing and coaching. After you have studied the chart, please complete the form below to get an specific quote for your editing project.

Substantive or Content Edit — $0.05 - $0.06 per word

Copy Edit — $0.04 - $0.05 per word

Proofreading — $0.02 - $0.04 per word

Book Doctoring — $1000 - $2000

Coaching - $75 per hour

Ghost Writing - Please call for a quote. Your material will be analyzed and the quote will be based on the amount of research needed as well commercial details such as bylines, expenses, etc. Typical ghost writing project: $5000 - $20000.