Novel Editing Services

Helping Over 50,000 Writers Become Authors Since 1994!

Make your novel shine! Whether you’ve just completed your next bestseller or your first rough-draft, get professional book editing help you can trust!

Our Certified Story Editors transform YOUR words into a literary masterpiece! You can then submit to an agent or self-publish with confidence.

YOU write it, and WE’LL perfect it!

See how our CERTIFIED StoryCoach book editors can ‘correct and perfect’ your story!

“When working on a new literary project I always entrust my work to Dr Vonda – she’s the best” Julie, New York

Discover the secret to successfully publishing your novel book

Are you 100% ready to share your fiction novel with the world? Really? Are you sending your manuscript to publishers or agents who respond with a rejection letter?

See how our professional novel editor have helped over 50,000 authors like YOU.

You’re too close to your work to know what it needs to take your fiction book from good to excellent. After all, you’ve been living the plot alongside your characters and scenes. You need a fresh point of view – professional!

That’s where Certified Story Editors come in! It’s our job to strengthen your story arc and overall presentation while cleaning up the writing and critiquing your plot. Not only do we improve your manuscript, but we also help you avoid future storytelling snags. Become a strong storyteller with structural story editing from a Certified StoryCoach.

Certified Story Coaches to structurally edit your fiction book

Our team of Certified Structural Story Editors has a solid history of successfully published novels and book manuscripts. These vetted and trained professional book editors have advanced degrees and extensive experience in book writing, proofreading, and novel editing.

We are confident in their work and offer a free editing sample, critique, and price quote. Simply email us a portion of your manuscript to get started.

Our Certified Story Editors are professionals with advanced degrees and ten years of experience

Our fiction editors have industry-proven experience in providing substantial edits in a variety of genres, including literary fiction, creative nonfiction, Christian novels, poetry, romance, westerns, sci-fi, self-help, children, and young adult – the list goes on!

With over ten years of experience in writing and editing, including a history of successfully published books and articles, we are confident enough to promise guaranteed satisfaction to all of our clients.

Professional editors for ALL types of fiction writing:

Four levels of Novel Editing Services

Structural Editing is the best service for fiction writers. We evaluate the foundation of your novel to ensure it is strong. We evaluate every scene using a checklist for the 38 Story Elements.

Furthermore, we use a professionally licensed editing software to outline and assess every aspect of your story arc, characters, plot, and scenes.

You receive an in-depth assessment which will show you exactly where and how to fix the structural elements of your story. Story Editing focuses on the larger, overall developmental elements of your manuscript, such as

Basic

Copy Editing

Order a Copy Edit LAST before formatting and publishing.

Recommended ONLY for confident fiction writers who have completed multiple revisions and are prepared to format

Necessary as your FINAL Story Edit after all Line Edit revisions are complete

Full description: Copy Editing

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Standard

Line Editing

Order a Line Edit as your final REVISION before sharing publicly or distributing your book.

Recommended BEFORE sharing, distribution, review, or publication

Necessary MINIMUM Story Edit revision before submitting to literary agents or beta readers

Full description: Line Editing

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Advanced

Content Editing

Order a Content Edit to get professional in-line FEEDBACK and successfully rework the structural details of your book.

Recommended for an IN-DEPTH Content Edit to better organize and polish your writing

Necessary level of HELP REQUIRED when your writing has extensive issues with English grammar, comprehension, clarity, or structure

Full description: Content Editing

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Executive

Content Editing + Rewrites

All-Inclusive, Done-For-You (DFY) Content Edit with up to 20% sentence rewrites and in-line critique

Recommended for in-depth editing and extensive writing support with corrections which are Done-For-You (DFY)

Necessary when you need English writing help & comprehensive editing, plus honest feedback with professional in-line critique of your overall presentation

Full description: Executive Content Editing

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Coaching

Developmental Story Editing & Critique

Evaluates the big concept of your story and answers the question “Is it any good?”

Recommended for feedback from a Certified Book Coach. Get an in-depth substantive edit to better structure and develop your story. You will also receive a professional summary letter critiquing your entire presentation.

Necessary for strengthening your story, while REVISING and organizing your narrative. Get a Certified Book Coach to assess and strengthen your storytelling.

Full description: Developmental Editing

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We have helped both first-time and experienced novel authors

We believe in personalized communication and customized consultation and support. These aspects are often mentioned in the reviews we get. Our director of customer service, Kathy, usually gets very positive feedback from our clients for her quick and professional responses and customer dialogues. Unlike other companies, we would like to talk to you!

Find out which editing level you need

Our latest reviews

The professionalism, the timely follow-ups, status updates, courtesy. A good group to work with, especially on something so dear to my heart. The recommendations were great, and the editing was exemplary. The recommendation of using scene breaks really made my book easier to read. I am still finding more of the great edits every time I reread!

Craig

northport, USA

Professionalism, quality, engaging in personal communication. The editor clearly did some deep reading for content editing and gave me very helpful feedback on the storyline etc., much beyond copyediting.

Joachim

New York, USA

Dr Michael did an incredible job correcting grammatical errors in my book and restructured my manuscript to make it even more appealing to my audience.

Ivo

Kitchener, Canada

Joanne was wonderful to work with! She provided valuable insight that truly helped me grow as an author and elevate my manuscript. Her feedback was both thoughtful and constructive, offering fresh perspectives while always respecting my voice as a writer. Joanne's keen attention to detail, whether in grammar, style, or story structure-improved my work in ways I hadn't anticipated. Her passion for storytelling and dedication to excellence were evident in every suggestion, making the editing process both productive and enjoyable. I highly recommend Joanne to any writer looking to take their work to the next level.

Kristen

Westlake Village, USA

I appreciate the editing which caught several questions of why or made me support my research. It was a very helpful and professional editorial review.

Cynthia

Whitehouse, Texas, USA

The coaching of my editor Joanne and her direct observations. I have learned a lot regarding American English grammar, spelling, and especially content rewriting.

Maria

Upplands Vasby, Sweden

I appreciated sending in a sample and finding out what type of editing I needed. I learned a lot from the editor that I can use in the future. The personal communication was also encouraging.

Leoma

Knoxville, USA

The customer support was excellent and the turnaround time was fast. Dr. Vonda completed the editing to my satisfaction. Cost was reasonable compared to other editing services. Dr. Vonda provided many consoling comments.

Ronald

Walkersville, USA

For any author trying to launch a book, controlling cost is high in the ranking of importance. I examined a number of editing services and found First Editing to be affordable.As of today, I've used their services 3 times. I enjoy their prompt attention to my work and will use them again in the future.They correct my silly mistakes. no matter how many times I review my work, there are dozens of errors that they fix!

Mike

ST MATTHEWS, USA

I enjoy and admire how Jefferson understood my needs, elevated the quality of my work and got the patience to put his magic into my manuscript. Without Jefferson, my book wouldn't be signed with a publisher. Always thankful to him and this company for making this dream come true.

Adrian

Panama, Panama

Meet your book publisher’s deadline

When what you are writing carries ANY level of importance, you just can’t afford NOT to have each sentence written as perfectly as possible. Make sure you meet that next deadline by enlisting professional book novel editors who achieve extraordinary results according to your schedule.

Professional Novel editor at your service!

Professional novel editor read and examine every single word while considering each sentence, paragraph, character, plot point, and argument as they stand individually and within the entire manuscript.

Your writing is professionally polished while remaining true to your voice and intentions as an author. Even a near-perfect piece of work can benefit from a keen editorial eye that provides basic corrections while weeding out illogical statements and inconsistencies.

You’ve done all the hard work of getting the writing down on the page. Now is the time to put your feet up and let our editors correct any oversights.

Professional Novel editors at your service!

Professional novel editors read and examine every single word while considering each sentence, paragraph, character, plot point, and argument as they stand individually and within the entire manuscript.

You’ve done all the hard work of getting the writing down on the page. Now is the time to put your feet up and let our editors correct any oversights.

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Ivo

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Dr Michael did an incredible job correcting grammatical errors in my book and restructured my manuscript to make it even

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Cynthia

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Ronald

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Mike

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Client Reviews

Check out our 5-star reviews from customers around the world! Feel free to scroll as long as you like…

Craig

northport, USA

Joachim

New York, USA

Dr Michael did an incredible job correcting grammatical errors in my book and restructured my manuscript to make it even more appealing to my audience.

Ivo

Kitchener, Canada

Kristen

Westlake Village, USA

I appreciate the editing which caught several questions of why or made me support my research. It was a very helpful and professional editorial review.

Cynthia

Whitehouse, Texas, USA

The coaching of my editor Joanne and her direct observations. I have learned a lot regarding American English grammar, spelling, and especially content rewriting.

Maria

Upplands Vasby, Sweden

I appreciated sending in a sample and finding out what type of editing I needed. I learned a lot from the editor that I can use in the future. The personal communication was also encouraging.

Leoma

Knoxville, USA

Ronald

Walkersville, USA

Mike

ST MATTHEWS, USA

Adrian

Panama, Panama

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Writing, editing, and publishing go hand in hand

You’ve put your heart and soul (not to mention time, stress, and money) into birthing your new literary creation. Now it is time to review each word gently and ensure that it sings on your behalf.

Don’t let your book be overlooked or dismissed because of grammar, punctuation or other presentation errors which can be quickly and easily corrected by your novel editor.

Want to see how this works? Get a free novel editing sample of your writing.

Writing, editing, and publishing go hand in hand

You’ve put your heart and soul (not to mention time, stress, and money) into birthing your new literary creation. Now it is time to review each word gently and ensure that it sings on your behalf.

Don’t let your book be overlooked or dismissed because of grammar, punctuation or other presentation errors which can be quickly and easily corrected by your novel editor.

Want to see how this works? Get a free novel editing sample of your writing.