A spreadsheet that details your novel’s subplots, tracks your character arcs, and shows you how all your story threads weave together (or fall apart) in the grand scheme of your novel. We’ll use this map as our guide while we navigate the large structural edits of your novel.

Using Microsoft Track Changes, we prune and polish your novel to cultivate its best self, leaving detailed comments throughout the novel suggesting revisions and explaining the changes we made. Since we use Microsoft Track Changes, you’re in control of accepting or rejecting whatever revisions we implement. As editors, it’s our job to uplift and polish your manuscript, but if there’s something you don’t like, you can always reject the change—we will always honor your artistic vision. When we’ve finished your project, you’ll get the whole manuscript with the final draft already assembled in one clean file.

The pride and joy of the Rooted in Writing method, our editorial letters are 70-100 pages of dedicated feedback and instruction for your novel’s revisions. This document takes a step back from all the comments and revisions in the manuscript itself and gives you a bird’s eye view of the revision strategy. We’ll break down the manuscript’s edits by writing element and chapter to explain what we’ve done, why we did it, and how you can build off these revisions to enhance your novel even further.

We’ll walk through the editorial letter and manuscript comments together after delivery to answer any questions you have about the revision process. This meeting usually takes two hours and is recorded so you can easily rewatch and refresh down the road. Don’t worry, you’re not alone in this rewrite process.

During the 90-day period after you receive your developmental edit materials, you have the option to schedule an hour-long call each week to discuss your progress and brainstorm any pain points you may have during the revision process.