Developmental Editing

Developmental editing focuses on your novel's overall structure, plot, and character development. This type of editing targets pacing, plot twists, and character arcs. I provide feedback on the story’s strengths and weaknesses, plot holes, and continuity issues. This helps ensure your narrative is cohesive and engaging and delivers on the reader's expectations.

Sometimes, writers are too close to the story to see what’s wrong with the overall flow, pacing, plotting, and character development. We write, we read it over, and it seems like we’ve covered all the bases in our storytelling. As an editor and author, I see the story with fresh eyes and can identify where plots go off track, scenes don’t add dramatic value or plot points don’t support the story theme. This is a more comprehensive process that can help you develop a solid outline or correct the direction of your story before major rewrites are needed.