I provide private editing and critiques of all forms of writing, including novels, stories, memoir, screenplays, academic or legal writing, grant proposals, websites or advertising, articles, school applications, and resumes and cover letters. The service includes, as requested, an over-all critique and suggestions for final polish, as well as line-by-line edits. For stories and novels, each element of the craft is addressed, including plot, character, setting, theme, style, pacing and voice.
Rates:
Fiction, memoir, resumes, screenwriting or other non-referenced work:
$5 per page, $100 minimum ($100 for a single unit/critique of 20 pages or less).
Discounts for longer works:
10% discount for a single unit (single critique, for example the first half of a novel) of 100-199 pages.
15% discount for a single critique of 200 or more pages.
Discounts for frequent, on-going critiques:
Writing that is sent for critique in at least monthly intervals (for examples, novel chapters), will receive the discounts once 100 pages (10%) or 200 pages (15%) are reached, and will continue at the discounted rate as long as the writing is received monthly.
Rush rate (48-hour per 100 pages):
$7 per page ($140 minimum). Bulk discount does not apply.
Referenced or academic work or work by ESL writers, or writers desiring extensive help with grammar:
$7 per page ($140 minimum). Bulk discount does not apply.
Legal editing/professional publication editing negotiated separately.
A "page" is 12-point Times Roman font, double-spaced, one-inch margins.
Work is generally emailed, and is returned to the writer by email with comments and edits directly on the document (with "Track Changes," so that the writer may reject or accept the suggestions at will), and with a separate over-all critique.
For the critique/editing service,
contact Karen Moulding directly:
kbm9@columbia.edu or karenmnyc@earthlink.net
Rates:
Fiction, memoir, resumes, screenwriting or other non-referenced work:
$5 per page, $100 minimum ($100 for a single unit/critique of 20 pages or less).
Discounts for longer works:
10% discount for a single unit (single critique, for example the first half of a novel) of 100-199 pages.
15% discount for a single critique of 200 or more pages.
Discounts for frequent, on-going critiques:
Writing that is sent for critique in at least monthly intervals (for examples, novel chapters), will receive the discounts once 100 pages (10%) or 200 pages (15%) are reached, and will continue at the discounted rate as long as the writing is received monthly.
Rush rate (48-hour per 100 pages):
$7 per page ($140 minimum). Bulk discount does not apply.
Referenced or academic work or work by ESL writers, or writers desiring extensive help with grammar:
$7 per page ($140 minimum). Bulk discount does not apply.
Legal editing/professional publication editing negotiated separately.
A "page" is 12-point Times Roman font, double-spaced, one-inch margins.
Work is generally emailed, and is returned to the writer by email with comments and edits directly on the document (with "Track Changes," so that the writer may reject or accept the suggestions at will), and with a separate over-all critique.
For the critique/editing service,
contact Karen Moulding directly:
kbm9@columbia.edu or karenmnyc@earthlink.net
