Your manuscript will be evaluated by the paragraph, chapter, and book levels and you will be provided with a sample of the developmental work that needs to be done.

After you approve the sample, we will continue to make recommendations throughout the remainder of the manuscript.

For fiction works, we will analyze the readership and genre to determine whether the content is appropriate and examine essential considerations such as plot, pace, characterization, and dialogue.

For nonfiction, we will analyze the readership, purpose, and possible uses of the work to determine that the content is complete and appropriate; that concepts are developed adequately; that material is well organized; and that illustrations, tables, and lists are used effectively throughout.

Developmental edit diagram: The manuscript will then be returned to you, together with a summary of requested revisions. You can make these changes or purchase the services of book doctoring to help make the alterations. In most cases, the completed developmental edit will include an estimate for book doctoring. Once the changes have been made, the manuscript will undergo a content edit, as described above, at no additional cost.