Editing a contemporary romance short story (work sample)

The purpose of the project was to developmentally edit a contemporary romance short story and make suggestions on the big-picture storytelling issues of the manuscript. I provided in-margin comments (suggestions) about the story's developmental issues:

• setting,
• main characters,
• balance between dialogue, narrative and action.

​I stated the issues, explained the reasons and provided solutions on how to improve the short story. As a result, after applying my suggestions to the manuscript, the author can confidently prepare their story for the next steps of the publishing process.
Deliverables:

• Manuscript document with in-margin comments (suggestions) that explain the storytelling issues in each scene.
•  Editorial report that analyses setting, main characters and balance between dialogue, narrative and action throughout the short story.

You can click on the images to enlarge them or view the sample document (PDF) here.

Editing a YA contemporary romance novel (work sample)

The purpose of the project was to developmentally edit a YA contemporary romance novel and make suggestions on the big-picture storytelling issues of the manuscript. I provided in-margin comments (suggestions) about the story's developmental issues:

• setting,
• main characters,
• and pacing.

I stated the issues, explained the reasons and provided solutions on how to improve the novel. As a result, after applying my suggestions to the manuscript, the author can confidently prepare their story for the next steps of the publishing process.
Deliverables:

• Manuscript document with in-margin comments (suggestions) that explain the storytelling issues in each scene.
•  Editorial report that analyses setting, main characters and pacing throughout the novel.

You can click on the images to enlarge them or view the sample document (PDF) here.

Editing a romantic suspense novel

The purpose of the project was to developmentally edit a romantic suspense novel and make suggestions on the big-picture storytelling issues of the manuscript.
I provided in-margin comments (suggestions) about the story's developmental issues:

• main characters,
• pacing,
• and balance between dialogue, narrative and action.

I stated the issues, explained the reasons and provided solutions on how to improve the novel. As a result, after applying my suggestions to the manuscript, the author can confidently prepare their story for the next steps of the publishing process.
Deliverables:

• Manuscript document with in-margin comments (suggestions) that explain the storytelling issues in each scene.
•  Editorial report that analyses main characters, pacing and balance between dialogue, narrative and action throughout the novel.

You can click on the images to enlarge them or view the sample document (PDF) here.