Editing Rates

Sara R. Turnquist

Quality, Affordable Editing

Sara has edited Romance, Sci-Fi, and more!

Whether you need a light proofread or a deep developmental edit, Sara brings over a decade of publishing experience to every manuscript she touches.

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Editing Services

Rates

Sample Edit

Five Pages
FREE

Five pages, one-sided, 12 pt. Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins all-around

Content Edit

Developmental
$4.00/ 1,000 words

Includes story development, plot holes, and character arcs

Line Edit

Copy Edit
$4.00/ 1,000 words

Includes grammar, pacing, sentence structure, and simple formatting

Proofing Edit

Final Read Through
$3.50/ 1,000 words

Manuscript has already been through another edit job

Full Edits

Content, Line & Proof
$8.00/ 1,000 words

Content edit (story, plot holes, character arcs) + line edit (grammar, pacing, formatting) + proofing

Rush Order

Surcharge
+25%

Each round completed in 48–72 hours from agreed-upon date

* All editing fees will be rounded up to an even 1,000 words (e.g. 53,465 words = 54,000 words).

* Minimum fee of $40.00 per job. Not an additional charge — applies to any job over 10,000 words.

* All jobs subject to agreement by author and editor.

What Authors Say

Client Testimonials

I had a full edit

I had a full edit done by Sara and she did an amazing job! She was helpful in pointing out plot holes and helping me make the story flow better with her suggestions.

She was very detail-oriented when it came to the fine tuning of the manuscript. I have read this story many times before she got ahold of it and she was able to find the mistakes I missed. Her prices are very reasonable for authors on a budget like myself. I would highly recommend Sara to others.

— Kimberly Burkhardt
Sara edited my current book.

Sara edited my current book. Her developmental edit suggestions caught inconsistencies. Because of her knowledge of historical romance, she pointed out words which were too modern and provided ideas on how to improve the depth of character development on a pivotal character.

I was so pleased with the developmental edit that I hired her as my line editor. This edit pass was thorough. It caught the normal punctuation and typos and made paragraphing suggestions which improved the impact of important passages.

Sara is sensitive and conscious in her editing. I definitely recommend her.

— Sandee Lee
I've worked with Sara for two projects

Sara has a wonderful sense of story and an eye for detail. She's also shone a spotlight on verbal tics I didn't know I had, thus helping strengthen my writing. What's more, she was able to accommodate my ridiculous time constraints. I highly recommend her.

— Milla Holt
Sara is wonderful to work with

Sara is wonderful to work with, and she did a thorough job on my manuscript. Her insight is spot-on. I highly recommend her services!

— Candace West Posey

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