Services
Plot & Narrative Architecture
Fixing pacing slumps, structural holes, and stakes.
Evaluating the overall foundation, structural logic, and cause-and-effect chain of your story.
Identifying narrative slumps, clarifying stakes, eliminating plot holes, and strengthening the overall hook of your book.
Character Arcs
Sharpening motivations, growth, and dialogue impact.
Analyzing internal growth, external motivations, and emotional depth across your cast.
Ensuring protagonists drive the action forward, subplots complement the core journey, and secondary figures feel distinct.
Setting and World-Building
Ensuring internal logic, deep immersion, and clear lore.
Inspecting the rules, sensory environment, and internal logic of your story’s backdrop.
Seamlessly integrating lore, enhancing atmospheric depth, and ensuring the environment acts as an active catalyst for the plot.
Structure, Pacing and Tension
Optimizing chapter hooks and maximizing reader retention.
Fine-tuning the rhythmic timing of scenes, chapters, and major narrative turning points.
Optimizing the dramatic arc to eliminate information dumps, accelerate lagging middles, and craft high-impact chapter transitions.
Dialogue and Voice
Sharpening spoken exchanges for pacing, subtext, character differentiation, and narrative purpose.
Trimming static small talk, enhancing emotional subtext, and verifying that every character possesses an authentic, individual voice.
Cohesive Flow & Narrative Clarity
Auditing the holistic continuity, narrative perspective (POV), and transitions across the manuscript.
Stabilizing the point-of-view, ensuring seamless scene transitions, and polishing the clarity of your unique storytelling style.
🟢 Genres I Specialize In
Action, Thriller, Mystery, Psychological, Horror, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Dystopian, Young Adult
🛑 Genres Outside My Scope
Romance, Erotica, Non-fiction
What You Receive
Comprehensive Editorial Letter: A multi-page master blueprint detailing structural solutions and chapter-by-chapter breakdowns.
In-Line Manuscript Annotations: Margin notes, tracking changes, and direct scene reactions embedded inside your manuscript file.
Actionable Next-Steps Guide: A targeted roadmap outlining exactly how to approach your next draft without feeling overwhelmed.
Agent Pitch & Submission Package
Polish your industry-facing elements to capture literary agents.
Scope: Includes your first 50 pages plus a comprehensive structural review. What you receive: Submission-readiness audit, opening hook evaluation, and pacing critique.
Estimated Turnaround: 14–21 Days
Flat fee: $125.00
3-Chapter Pacing & Structure Audit
For authors who aren't ready for a full book edit but want to test their opening foundation.
Scope: A deep-dive audit of your first 3 chapters. What you receive: Diagnostic report on narrative hook strength, character introductions, and core conflict setup.
Estimated Turnaround: 7–14 Days
Flat fee: $49.00
The Editing Timeline
01
Discuss your goals
We discuss the timeline and any expectations you have. Submit your manuscript in any format you choose.
02
Structural deep dive
Comprehensive reading, analysis, and diagnostic note-taking.
03
Feedback delivery
Receiving detailed editorial report in Word document. Also in-depth inline comments throughout your document.
Tell me about your book!
Hearing from authors is my favorite part! Tell me a bit about your book to get started.
GRBookPublishing
GregRossEditing@gmail.com