Our Services and Rates

Choose The Editing or Coaching Services You Need.

Proofreading/Technical Editing — Choose this option if you want us to check and correct your spelling, grammar, punctuation, and word choice.  Does not include substantial rewriting or reorganizing.

  • $3.00 per page for manuscripts that are mostly text.  Rates will be higher, up to $10.00 per page, for extensive charts, graphs, tables, or highly specialized vocabulary, or for “works cited” or “references” pages.

Copyediting – We help you express your ideas more clearly and forcefully, and we will suggest ways to reorganize your material if necessary.

  • $5.00 per page for text. Rates will be higher  for extensive charts, graphs, tables, or highly specialized vocabulary, or for “works cited” or “references” pages.

Developmental Editing — We can work from your ideas or research to help you develop a new document.  (Not available for academic papers.)

  • We prefer to do developmental editing on an hourly rate, based on $30 per hour. Email us a description of the project, and we’ll provide an estimate.

Coaching — The base rate is $25 for detailed explanations of three areas you can work on to improve your writing.   Custom packages are available.

SAT Essays – The base rate is $30 to critique and offer suggestions on three sample SAT essays.

College Entrance Essays — The base rate is $50 to work with you through three stages:  idea development, copy editing, and final proofreading.  Custom packages are available.

Not Sure? – Submit your project and let us help you choose the services you need.

Estimating Your Payment — Count your pages in 12 point type, double spaced. Or estimate 300 words per page.

Minimum Charge — $25.00.

Completion Time – Short projects (under 6 pages) can usually be done within 24 hours. For longer projects, we will provide an expected completion date after we see your work.

Send a Sample or Description of Your Project as an attachment in .doc, .docx, or .rtf  format to  editor@edithelp.com