Developmental Editing

You have a complete manuscript that needs review of overall structure or organization

You are compiling a book from a series of independently written pieces

You want to improve transitions (openings and closings) of chapters or sections

You need to remove or repurpose large sections maintaining the core argument

Do the arguments in chapters or sections build coherently towards that of the manuscript?

Are they chained together with meaningful and engrossing transitions?

Is the manuscript structured to allow uniform pace of reading and understanding?

Does the organization allow the reader to get a birds eye-view as well as deep-dive?

Manuscript revision:

Inline updates (MS Word with track changes) for improved structure and organization
Extensive inline comments accompanying updates for open questions or alternative proposals

Editorial memo highlighting the summary or changes with notable issues addressed