Level 3: Copy Editing
Recommended for: Final drafts
Do you have a completed and revised manuscript you want to submit to a publisher or upload as an ebook but are unsure about your spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills? Then you need an Edit.
Unlike Revision, which is a reworking of the story based on its structural elements, an Edit involves a professional editor examining the manuscript's language line by line, correcting the spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation while ensuring consistency in the language's style and use of terminology.
During a copy edit, A. R. Levett:
So you can assess his services, A. R. Levett offers free sample Edit of your manuscript (see services table for sample length).
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Do you have a completed and revised manuscript you want to submit to a publisher or upload as an ebook but are unsure about your spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills? Then you need an Edit.
Unlike Revision, which is a reworking of the story based on its structural elements, an Edit involves a professional editor examining the manuscript's language line by line, correcting the spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation while ensuring consistency in the language's style and use of terminology.
During a copy edit, A. R. Levett:
- Examines manuscript word by word, line by line
- Corrects the grammar and punctuation
- Queries sections where sentence meaning is unclear
- Ensures consistency throughout manuscript of:
- style
- terminology
- spelling
- capitalisation
- hyphenation
- shortened forms
So you can assess his services, A. R. Levett offers free sample Edit of your manuscript (see services table for sample length).
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Story Type |
Word Length |
Free Sample |
Cost |
Approx Time to Complete |
Flash Fiction |
less than 750 words |
- |
$85 |
2 days |
Short Story |
750 - 3,000 words |
1 page |
$150 |
2 days |
Long Short Story |
3,001 - 7,000 words |
1 page |
$270 |
3 days |
Novelette |
7,001 - 17,500 words |
2 pages |
$580 |
1 week |
Novella |
17,501 - 40,000 words |
2 pages |
$1,250 |
2 weeks |
Short Novel |
40,001 - 55,000 words |
4 pages |
$1,700 |
3 weeks |
Novel |
55,001 - 80,000 words |
4 pages |
$2,400 |
4 weeks |
Long Novel |
80,001 - 100,000 words |
4 pages |
$3,000 |
5 weeks |
Epic Novel |
100,001 - 150,000 words |
8 pages |
$4,600 |
8 weeks |
Extended Epic Novel |
150,001 - 200,000 |
8 pages |
$6,000 |
10 weeks |
Elaborate Novel |
200,001 + words |
All prices are in Australian dollars and include GST. For Online Contact services, payment via PayPal only. If meeting in person, payment options include cash, PayPal and Bank Deposit.
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1. To inquire about an Edit, please provide the following information in the contact form below:
2. In return, A. R. Levett will promptly contact you with:
3. To continue with the full Edit, please:
4. When the down payment has been received, A. R. Levett will:
5. Upon receiving 50% of the manuscript, you are required to:
6. In return for full payment, A. R. Levett will deliver:
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- your name
- an email address to contact you with
- a brief description of your project (up to 100 words for flash-fiction, short stories, novelettes, and novellas, or up to 500 words for novels)
- the length of your story
- a sample of your work (see 'Free Sample' for accepted sample lengths)
2. In return, A. R. Levett will promptly contact you with:
- a brief Edit of your sample page/s
- an estimated time to complete the project
- the fee for undertaking the project
- details for making payment
3. To continue with the full Edit, please:
- confirm that you wish to proceed with the full assessment within three days
- deposit 50% of the total project cost into the supplied PayPal account as a down payment
4. When the down payment has been received, A. R. Levett will:
- copy edit your manuscript within the agreed upon time
- return 50% of the edited manuscript to you
5. Upon receiving 50% of the manuscript, you are required to:
- pay the remaining project fee into the nominated Paypal account
6. In return for full payment, A. R. Levett will deliver:
- the full manuscript with his editing and notes
- a report detailing his copy edit of your manuscript
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- All work must be submitted digitally as either a .doc or .docx file attachment
- Line spacing must be 2.0
- Font size must be 12pt
- Preferable font type is Arial or Times New Roman
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