Full Edit (Copy Edit)
- Point out inconsistencies and plot holes.
- Assist with sentence construction and word choice.
- Offer feedback on how to strengthen characterization.
- Show areas where the structure and narrative can be improved.
- Point out tense shifts.
- Highlight point of view changes.
- Offer suggestions to increase scene setting and descriptions.
- Correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
- Provide detailed feedback.
During the editing process, you can:
- Discuss the advice and suggestions offered over email or video call.
- Have brainstorming sessions (good for fantasy writers creating highly detailed worlds).
- Receive publishing advice.
You will also receive:
- Assistance with writing your blurb/synopsis - Free.
- Help choosing the right cover - Free.
- A detailed marketing plan - Free.
- A website (see our writers' pages) - Free.
- Promotion across our social media - Free.
- Video call with Amy Scott to discuss publishing options - Free.
To better understand how this service can help you, send over a sample of your first 1000 words. It will be returned fully edited along with feedback within 24 hours - Free.
Don't forget to include any questions you would like answered about the piece.
Structural Edit (Developmental Editing)
Have you reached the point where you have done all you can, but feel that your characters and plot could be developed further?
- How the story can be developed further.
- Plot and character inconsistencies.
- Strengthening characterization.
- Is there a distinct narrative voice?
- Is tension being created and resolved?
- Pace and flow.
- The removal of clichés and repetition.
- Areas where scene setting and world building can be expanded.
- Chapter by chapter feedback.
During the structural editing process, you can:
- Discuss the advice and suggestions offered over email or video call.
- Have brainstorming sessions (good for fantasy writers creating highly detailed worlds).
- Receive publishing advice.
You will also receive:
- Assistance with writing your blurb/synopsis - Free.
- Help choosing the right cover - Free.
- A detailed marketing plan - Free.
- A website (see our writers' pages) - Free.
- Promotion across our social media - Free.
- Video call with Amy Scott to discuss publishing options - Free.
To better understand how this service can help you, send over your first 10 pages. It will be returned fully edited along with feedback within 24 hours - Free.
Don't forget to include any questions you would like answered about the piece.
Line Development (Line Editing)
This service is particularly useful to new writers who have a great story to tell but would like professional assistance to help them develop their craft.
- Correct inconsistencies and plot holes.
- Alter sentence structure and word choice where required.
- Strengthen characterization.
- Improve structure and narrative flow.
- Correct tense shifts.
- Make point-of-view changes clear.
- Increase scene setting and descriptions.
- Correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
- Provide detailed feedback.
During the editing process, you can:
- Discuss the advice and suggestions offered over email or video call.
- Have brainstorming sessions (good for fantasy writers creating highly detailed worlds).
- Receive publishing advice.
You will also receive:
- Assistance with writing your blurb/synopsis - Free.
- Help choosing the right cover - Free.
- A detailed marketing plan - Free.
- A website (see our writers' pages) - Free.
- Promotion across our social media - Free.
- Video call with Amy Scott to discuss publishing options - Free.
To better understand how this service can help you, send over a sample of your first 1000 words. It will be returned fully edited along with feedback within 24 hours - Free.
Don't forget to include any questions you would like answered about the piece.
Whether you're a indie-publisher or a traditionalist wanting to be agent-ready, this service is for you.
AFTER EDIT PROOF
Your prose has been perfected by a professional editor, now it's time to prepare it for publication.
- Seek out and correct all inconsistencies.
- Meticulously check and correct your grammar, punctuation, and spelling while maintaining your style.
- Make adjustments to narrative flow to perfect readability.
- Most proofreaders will stop there, not us! We go the extra mile and read through one last time (in a different format to keep the eye fresh) as if we are a reader, just to make sure nothing slipped through.
To better understand how this service can help you, send over a sample of your first 1000 words. It will be returned fully proofed along with feedback within 24 hours - Free.
Don't forget to include any questions you would like answered about the piece.
Our packages are designed to guide all indie and traditional authors from draft to print.
Click here to find the perfect package for you.
Scott Editorial Writers
FREE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP
12th March 2025
Join our founder Amy Scott, Dr Senja Andrejevic, and Dr Duncan Dicks to learn how to create characters, build plots, and describe scenes in this full day workshop. You’ll have fun exercises and time to write and discuss your work with experienced writers.
*Lunch included*
Join us again in 2025
In 2024 Scott Editorial supported the Grapsimo Challenge writers. The challenge; write 50,000 words in 1 month!
To offer advice and guidance, we were on hand every step of the way.
If you want to join in this year click over to www.grapsimochallenge.com and submit your entry form to its creator, Andrea James, author of the Little Boxes, Big Secrets series.
University Talks, Writers' Workshops & Literature Festivals
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