BOOK WRITER SERVICES

Whether you’re writing a novel, a collection of short stories, a memoir, a how-to book, or an academic treatise, EditsMadeEasy has editors, coaches, instructors, and ghostwriters with just the expertise needed to help you. With modestly-priced online writing classes, you can learn the skills and techniques that will get you on the right track. Choose one-on-one coaching to work privately with an expert who can jump-start your project and point you in the right direction. If you just need feedback on your manuscript or formatting to prepare it for submission, check out EME’s pre-publication services. And for careful attention to your written text, choose from the array of proofreading and editing services available from EditsMadeEasy.

EME editors, coaches, teachers, and writers will lend their expertise to your:

MANUSCRIPT PROOFREADING AND EDITING

PROOFREADING: At this lightest level of text editing, your project will be placed in the hands of a copyeditor who will correct typos, spelling errors, grammatical errors, and punctuation problems. The focus of this service is on correcting errors, not improving or changing the text.

COPYEDITING: At this moderate level of editing, your project will be placed with an appropriate expert who will proofread it for typos and errors of spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Your editor will then go on to address the sentence structure, word-order, word choice, concision, and fluidity of the text. The focus of this service is on improving your language without changing your content. Your project will be formatted according to standard conventions in your field or, if your publisher has specific guidelines, these will be followed.

DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING: At this heaviest level of editing, your project will be proofread and copyedited (as described above), and then your editor will focus on issues of content. This will include improvements in:

ESL EDITING: If English is not your first language, your project can be placed in the hands of a native-speaker of American English who is also a trained ESL professional, so that problems of idiom and other challenging elements of English usage may be properly addressed. This will take place in the context of a full developmental edit, as described above.

GHOSTWRITING: Perhaps you have a great idea for a novel. Or maybe your life story deserves to be told. If you’re not quite sure how to write it, you can draw on the talents of one of our EME professional writers to help you. You will lay out the parameters of the book you have in mind and provide the background information that is needed, and then your ghostwriter will go to work producing your book.

AUTHOR COACHING SERVICES

Not sure how to begin your novel? Halfway through your memoir and beginning to doubt that anyone will find it interesting? Suffering from a case of writers’ block? There’s no more effective way to jump-start your project and ensure that you’re on the right track than by working one-on-one with an expert. Your EME coach has been where you are now and has come out successfully on the other side; now you can benefit from that success with a program of private instruction. At the beginning of your collaboration, your coach will review whatever you have written, along with whatever background materials you can provide. Then you will have up to twelve hours of live instruction via phone or VoIP. Your live conversations may be extended over a period of up to six months, and during that time you’ll also have unlimited e-mail contact with your coach. With that kind of individualized expert attention, you’ll be amazed at the progress you can make!

ONLINE WRITING CLASSES

With the right skills, anyone can write. In just six weeks, you can begin to develop the skills you need under the guidance of an expert in your field. Check out the list of courses you can take on your own time from the comfort of your own home or office:

• Fiction Writing Classes
• Nonfiction Writing Classes
• Academic Writing Classes
• ESL Writing Classes
• Business Writing Classes
• Career Writing Classes

PRE-PUBLICATION SERVICES

Perhaps you don’t need a full edit of your work … or maybe you’re just not that far along. Consider one of EME’s more economical services designed just to meet your needs:

MANUSCRIPT ASSESSMENT: Whether you’ve just finished your book or you’re only partway through, you’ll benefit from a professional evaluation of your manuscript. For just a fraction of the cost of a full edit, you’ll receive a detailed report of the strengths and weaknesses of your manuscript, along with a set of recommendations for how it can be improved.

MANUSCRIPT FORMATTING: Publishers typically have strict requirements for how manuscripts must be formatted for submission. If your book is going to get the attention it deserves, it will have to meet those standards precisely. Whether you’re working with a traditional publishing house or a print-on-demand publisher, your professional ESL editor will be able to get your manuscript formatted for submission, without the cost of a full edit.

PRE-PUBLICATION PACKAGE: Even experienced authors find the publication process daunting. With the EME Pre-Publication Package, you can submit your manuscript with confidence. Your EME editor will begin by conducting a thorough critical review of your book. You’ll receive a report detailing your manuscript’s strengths and weaknesses, and providing concrete recommendations for improvement. Then your editor will prepare the synopsis that your publisher will require, highlighting the aspects of your work that should not get missed. Lastly, your editor will write the query letter that you will use in submitting your work to your publisher. Submit your work in confidence, knowing that you’ve got experts behind you!