Fiction Manuscript Editing Services
Unleash your imagination. We’ll do the rest. You’ve breathed life into your characters, set up your plots, and depicted a world in which to immerse your audience — but you want your novel or short story to be as accessible and readable as it is imaginative before you publish. You want an editor who will retain the originality of your voice while ensuring that your readers understand how and why you are using the unique elements of the genre you’ve chosen: foreshadowing, irony, dialogue, characterization, metaphor. At Off the Grid Editing, that is exactly what we do.
Since 2002, we have helped fiction authors ensure their work is publication-ready without losing what makes it theirs. Some authors want line-by-line revisions to strengthen style, tone, and voice. Others feel their prose is strong and need only a technical pass for grammar and a final proofread for the minor errors that reach press unnoticed. We offer both — and everything in between. Every revision is made in Track Changes, so you see and control every change throughout.
Our Promise
We will ensure that the final draft you receive from us is completely ready to publish or submit. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Fiction Editing Services
We offer three levels of fiction editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each level is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Our fiction line editing service provides line-by-line revision of your novel or short story — focusing on clarity of style, tone, and voice while preserving the originality of your narrative. If you want your prose stronger and more precise at the sentence level, this is the service. Line editing includes a copy editing and proofreading pass, so the manuscript you receive is technically finished as well as stylistically elevated.
Our fiction copy editing service is for authors whose tone, style, and voice are already strong and clear — and who need an editor for grammar, word choice, spelling, and punctuation without changes to their narrative voice. Copy editing includes a final proofreading pass for the minor errors that go to press unnoticed: misplaced periods, extra spacing, and typographic artifacts.
Our fiction proofreading service provides a final review of your manuscript for minor errors in punctuation, spelling, and typography — the errors that even the most experienced authors overlook in a manuscript they know too well to read fresh. If your draft has been edited and needs only a final human pass before publication, this is the service.
The right service depends on where your manuscript is right now. If you are uncertain whether you need line editing or copy editing — or if you would like us to assess a sample chapter before you commit — contact us directly. We will tell you honestly what your manuscript needs and give you a rate before you place an order.