Need help with THAT?
Your fiction manuscript or memoir may need more than
passion, inspiration, and talent.
What The Edit Gate can do for you:
MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUES
A critique is a serious comprehensive examination of your literary and artistic work. Comments and suggestions are made using Word Track Changes. You will also receive a multi-page instructive annotated evaluation.
MANUSCRIPT COACHING
There’s more to writing the story than typing words. There’s craftsmanship. We’ll work together on your manuscript, examine all the tools in an author’s tool kit, and apply them to your story, chapter by chapter.
MANUSCRIPT COPYEDITS
Editing trims the redundancies, trivial rabbit trails, inconsistent characterizations, awkward grammar choices, and so much more. Corrections and suggestions are made in using Word Track Changes.
WE LOVE NEW AND INDIE AUTHORS
Does your bucket list include completing a novel? Have you written a book but struggled to publish? We’d love to come alongside you as your partner and assist you in polishing your manuscript without losing your distinct voice.
We LOVE POETS AND LYRICISTS
Are you a poet laureate in the making? Or a singer/songwriter? We have extensive experience writing and publishing poetry in literary journals and anthologies and also writing lyrics.
Why we do it
Because your story or poem or song matters
Your work is unique and can touch many lives. You owe it to yourself and your fans to tell it in a way that will help them see their world in a new way.
To help you climb out of the slush pile
Your goal is to increase your chances at publishing success. An editor can be your behind-the-scenes key to claiming the title of published author by maximizing your novel’s skill and artistry.
Still not convinced? Here is another one:
To watch you succeed
An editor’s greatest joy is watching an author grow and succeed. Don’t lock yourself out of your dream.
Enter The Edit Gate.
Our Work
Want to know more?
What our writers say:
“Janice offered a comprehensive evaluation. She was able to point out issues with dialogue and provide resources to assist me. Also, I loved how she truly got into my characters’ heads to make sure I maintained a consistent tone. It was a pleasure working with her.”
“I’d never worked with a substantive editor before. You were more like a coach, spending more time explaining your points, teaching me good principles I could memorize, and working back and forth on specific issues. In the areas where line editing and substantive editing overlapped, I appreciated the slight difference in things you zeroed in on.”
“Though Jan and I never met in person, working with her over the last year on both my initial edit and the copy edit has been a pleasure. Her graciousness and patience with me made her a trusted resource. She in encouraging, corrective, and informative, which are great character traits to have in an editor. I am sure to seek her on my next book!”
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