Editing Services

I’m currently doing freelance editing to help put myself through graduate school, and I’m so excited to work on your new project- whether it’s a musical, short story, novel, or standalone song! 

Background

I’ve been prose editing for literary magazines for six years, including running my own litmag twice, and I’ve edited scripts for plays and musicals for three. I’ve also studied creative writing extensively, most recently at Princeton and now at NYU. My framework as an editor is focused on polishing your piece to help you say what you want to say as distinctly and uniquely as possible. 

Strengths

My passion is speculative fiction, which means any story that takes place not in this world. Sci-fi, fantasy, speculative fiction, dystopian fiction, myth retellings, and magical realism are all fair game. This isn’t to say I won’t read realistic fiction, just that I feel I can advise speculative fiction particularly well. 

As a lyricist I am most comfortable with editing musical-theater-style lyrics (e.g. there is a close attention paid to rhyme and meter, a character development happens in the piece, and it is intended to be consumed by a live audience), though I have a passing familiarity with other styles.

Process 

I have various tiers that range from $10 (content and copy editing a single song or short story less than 3 pages) to $100 (reading a full novel, musical and score, or script over 700 pages, adding comments, questions, and compliments, meeting over Zoom or on the phone to discuss the edits, and repeating the process). Reach out to me for specific pricing!

For most tiers, I will read your piece several times, give you a marked-up copy with detailed feedback, and meet with you to discuss that feedback and answer any questions you might have. Timeline depends on the length of the piece I’m reading, but it usually takes 1-5 days for the initial turnaround. Pricing is based on page length and editing, meetings, etc. If you’d like more or less involvement, please let me know in your inquiry and we can work out the right price! 

Sounds great! How do I start the process? 

Use the form under the Contact Me section of my website to reach out to me and let me know a little bit about the piece you’re working on, and I can respond with my pricing and availability!