Editing
No text is born perfect. It has to be hammered, cajoled, and teased into its ideal form. When you have the material in place and it's not quite right, or when you know what you want to say but are having trouble saying it, it's time for some editing.
Substantive Edit
Substantive editing is called for when the client knows and has worked with the material intimately, but nonetheless needs an objective editor to help bring it to perfection. It often requires constant back-and-forth between the client and editor, and the work involved deserves several revisions. Because of this intensity, substantive editing projects are billed using my $20/hour fee.
Dynamic Edit
A dynamic edit is no less intense than a substantive edit, but involves less of the client's time. The client hands a dynamic edit to the wordsmith along with any special requirements or expectations she might have. The text that the wordsmith gives back will be clear, concise, compelling, and free of typos and grammatical errors. The fees for dynamic edits vary based on the complexity and size of the project, but a per-page or per-word fee can be arranged.
Q: Do you have experience editing large projects, like books?
A: Laws yes, as they say in the south (No, I'm not from the south...I spent some formative childhood years in Florida, but that doesn't count). I've overseen the production of several books exceeding 300 pages in length, from inception to completion. That includes substantive edits on every single one of those pages.
The books in question included non-fiction, fiction, and technical material.