There are several things that make my editing unique:
- I don’t just edit, I teach. Your edit letter will not only guide you through your manuscript, but will teach you what you need to know to level up as a writer. This edit will serve you for many books to come.
- I show up. Every service includes a free video consultation. I want to make sure that when you receive your edit, you have clear ideas of how to use it. You won’t be cast off on your own. We’ll collaborate to make sure we’ve found the right solutions for you.
- I provide a visual book map. In addition to the edit letter, each of my services includes a book map. The map is a spreadsheet of all your chapters with important scenes highlighted to show the progression of your plot and character arcs.
What Exactly Is a Book Map?
The book map gathers all the information about your story in one place. A full book map lists
- Each chapter’s word count
- The word count leading up to each major plot event (an important metric for understanding your story’s pacing)
- The chapter’s title, number, and (if applicable) point of view and epigraph
- A summary of the chapter
- Notes on the progression of each main character’s arc
- Feedback on how that chapter fits into the book as a whole
Gathering this together allows you to see the flow of your book in a way that words alone can’t convey. For my fellow visual learners, this is a game changer!
Here are some example book map templates. Notice how you can tell just by the highlighted scenes where the pacing is uneven. You can also see how the book map can be adapted to fit more complex works, and how easy it is to see if one character’s development is lagging through missing or delayed plot points.
Feel free to use these examples to create your own book map! And know that if you ever want an edit from me, you will get one of these chock-full of notes.
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