Developmental Editing / Beta Reading

$6 per 1,000 words of your text.
Free sample edit for every new client (up to 1,000 words).

Fictional Setting Critique

For Sci-Fi and Fantasy authors.

Is your setting believable and realistic?

Working with a full text: $4 per 1000 words of your text.
Working with a summary: $20 per 1000 words of your text.
included in the basic package.

Plot / Synopsis Critique

Critique of your synopsis or plot summary.
$20 per 1000 words of your synopsis/summary.

Consulting about USSR and Russia

Writing about a Russian character?
Writing about Russia or USSR/ex-USSR?
Make sure your story is true to facts.

Working with a full text: $3 per 1000 words of your text.
Working with a summary: $10 per 1000 words of your text.
included in the basic package.

What Is Developmental Editing?

Professional in-depth critique
of your fiction work:

• plot, structure and pacing;
• setting and details;
• character development;
• logic and motivation;
• dialogues;
• basic fact checking.

My specialization

My preferred genres are sci-fi, fantasy, thriller, mystery, action/adventure, hystorical.

I don’t do proofreading, line/copy editing, rewriting, or ghostwriting.

Examples

You can find examples of my work here:

Writer Sanctum

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