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Developmental Editing

A Developmental Edit provides thorough feedback on your entire manuscript, focusing on large-scale issues such as plot holes, inconsistencies, pacing, characterisation and structure. It will also examine line-level issues such as word choice and sentence structure to some extent, though not in as much detail as a Copy-edit.

What Does This Service Include?

You would receive a version of your full manuscript annotated using Track Changes, with the Writing Advisor’s feedback in comments, highlighting opportunities for improvement throughout the book, in every scene and chapter. The feedback provided in a Developmental Edit can lead to substantial changes to your manuscript, but it’s entirely up to you whether to implement the Writing Advisor’s suggestions or if you want to take your own approach when editing.

"Every time I start to feel the progress I'm making on my writing by myself has ground to a halt, Rowanvale's been there to provide fantastic, constructive feedback on my manuscripts"
 - Matt Bradley

What It Costs

The price of this service depends on word count of manuscript. Priced at £0.013 per word. 
For an accurate quote and FREE sample edit for this service, please 
Contact Us and a Publishing Advisor will be happy to help.

Our team regularly assess our prices compared to other companies to ensure they always remain competitive. The industry average is currently £0.019pw-£0.036pw, however many companies price much higher than this! 

Rowanvale Books = £0.013pw
Gate Keeper Press = £0.038pw
Mill City Press = £0.047pw
Balboa Press = £0.080pw

Get In Touch

Learn more in our free publishing guide, which gives you a more detailed look at the process, or by speaking to one of our Publishing Advisors, who would be happy to walk you through all the details you need to begin the process.

“When I found Rowanvale, they seemed like the perfect publishing house for me and my books, almost like it was too good to be true! But they really are everything they say they are.”

– D. Bishop


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  • Home
    • Self Publishing Wales
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Not Sure Where To Start?
    • Rowanvale's Five Commandments
    • Meet The Team
    • Manuscript Guidelines
    • Design Galleries >
      • Design Gallery - Chrissie
      • Design Gallery - Rebeckah
      • Design Gallery - Kayleigh
      • Design Gallery - Alex
    • Meet Our Authors
  • Our Services
    • Pre-Publication Services >
      • Proofreading and Editing
      • Book Illustrations Service
      • Writing Advisor Service
      • Scanning And Typing Service
      • Editorial Assessment
      • Literary Agent Package
      • Beta Readers
      • Custom Book Cover Design Service
      • Developmental Editing
    • Publication Services >
      • Children's Book Publishing
      • Paperback/Hardback Publishing
      • eBook Publishing
      • eBook and Paperback Publishing Package
      • KDP Publishing Package
    • Post-Publication Services >
      • Amazon Analysis
      • ARC and Book Review Service
      • PR Services
      • Marketing And Aftercare
  • Blog
  • Bookstore
    • New Releases
  • FAQs
  • Our Reviews
  • Contact Us