In an imagined world, finessing your work…
DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING
Conventional developmental editing runs the gamut from idea to first draft. Whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction, we go to the heart of your story and work with you to develop a strategy, beginning with a writing goal. Every step of the way we build on themes, structure, and prose to ensure a solid book. Chapter by chapter, we discuss the essential elements necessary to forward your real or imagined narrative: arcs and plot points, characters and perspective, setting, mood, tone, tension, stakes and figurative language. We focus on holes and gaps and boost your strengths and we detail them in a supplemental editorial letter.
A writer-editor relationship relies on chemistry, mutual respect, and honest feedback. We know books are collaborative creations and we at Birch Bark Editing commit with all our heart to projects that come our way. We believe in the power of art, we revel in story, we care about words — your words.
From hook to conclusion, we’ve got your back.
COPYEDITING
Copyediting, sometimes called content editing, reviews and analyzes each and every word in your manuscript. We’re laser-focused on sentence making, the formal elements of style, and the dramatic art of descriptive writing. We go through the prose line by line, looking for typos, spelling mistakes and inconsistencies in language that may lead to reader confusion.
We partner with you in polishing and tightening your manuscript through an intense focus on the small details including punctuation and grammar. Our meticulous attention to detail within the frame of the manuscript’s overarching themes works to provide minute but powerful alternatives that will make your work soar. As always, we supplement our work with an editorial letter identifying suggested revisions.
Count on us to make you work shine!
PROOFREADING
Perhaps the most satisfying editorial process is that moment when the fine-tuned and finished document is ready for proofreading. As prose sentries, proofreaders act as the fresh eyes you need to make sure nothing in the developmental or copy-edit stage has been overlooked. Proofreaders identify typographical errors and formatting – word, line, paragraph, or page – issues. Engage a proofreader when your manuscript is ready to go out in the world.
We’re by your side, ensuring your work is in flawless, highlight- polished form when it meets the world.