A sentence comes to life when its words are mixed well. Their color, tone, texture, and rhythm react, and a meaning or image distills that is powerful and memorable. To help make your writing its best, I’ll go through your manuscript one sentence at a time

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• Checking word choice, spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation to ensure clarity and avoid the “rocky road” sentence

• ​Plucking out repetitive words and phrases

• ​​Deciding when you should show instead of tell or tell instead of show

• ​Eliminating threadbare or cliché metaphors and figures of speech

• ​Ensuring consistency in diction, usage, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization

• ​Keeping a distinction between the narrator’s and character’s voice.

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Fee: $40/hour