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Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Editing Services

Order Fiction Editing You have built the characters, the plot, and the world they live in. Our fiction editing services help readers follow you there. A fiction editor keeps the originality of your voice while making sure foreshadowing, irony, dialogue, and metaphor do the work you intend, in novels, short stories, and creative nonfiction.

Since 2002 we have edited fiction at four levels. Some authors want each paragraph made clearer and easier to follow. Others want grammar corrected and a final proofread. Some need chapters reordered and the plot repaired before any sentence work begins. An editor reads every page and verifies every change. Every revision is delivered with track changes turned on for your review.

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Natural Intelligence

Fiction depends on irony, subtext, and the distance between what a character says and what the author means. Natural Intelligence is our name for an editor who reads for those things and corrects the prose while keeping your voice.

Our Promise

We will ensure that the final draft you receive from us is completely ready to publish or submit. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.

Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.

Fiction Editing Services

Choose the level that fits where your draft is now. Each level includes the work of the levels before it.

Fiction Line Editing

Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with your voice kept intact. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.

Fiction Copy Editing

Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, and repetition corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with consistency in names, timelines, and spelling across the manuscript.

Fiction Proofreading

Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected in an edited draft, with minimal wording changes.

Developmental Editing

Scenes and chapters reordered, gaps in plot and logic repaired, and long passages reshaped. We agree on the scope with you before work begins.

Not Sure Which Level You Need?

Send a chapter and an editor will read it and recommend a level. Contact us to start. Authors preparing a submission can read our pages on trade and literary publishers.

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Ready to order your fiction edit? Our secure portal gives you an immediate quote based on word count and sets your delivery date.

Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.

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Direct Support

Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript or to find out which service fits your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.