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I'm seeking a skilled editor to review my word fiction manuscript that is just over 45,000 words. The story blends elements of fantasy, romance, and mystery. Key Requirements: - Correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors Ideal Skills and Experience: - Strong background in editing fiction, particularly in fantasy, romance, and mystery genres - Attention to detail and a keen eye for grammatical accuracy - Ability to maintain the author's voice while improving clarity and correctness Looking forward to your bids!
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Hi I am a PhD holder and a professional editor with over a decade of experience in editing fiction manuscripts, including novels. If you hire me to work on your project, here is what I will do for you: I will make sure your content is highly engaging. I will fix all grammatical, spelling, and stylistic errors. I will rewrite all awkward and poorly written sentences. I will track change your paper so you can see my changes. My most substantial areas are editing grammar, spelling, punctuation, style and cohesion and content development. My goal is to grow your work and make it shine. All of this will be delivered back to you, clean and polished! I always offer on time and often ahead of schedule. After editing, I will send you two documents: One document with Microsoft track changes to show you the work I have done and a clean copy that you can work with. Thank you very much.
$30 USD in 1 day
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Hello, I'm Abu Yusuf, a native English speaker and I can proofread and edit your writing. I am a professionally trained writer, editor, and proofreader with over ten years of experience providing editing and proofreading services. I will provide you with a professionally edited and proofread document with a quick turnaround! I will proofread and edit your work for the following: Grammar Spelling Punctuation Sentence structure Readability Tone Consistency US/UK English And more. With my service, you will receive the following: Editing services by me Prompt answers Tracked edits in Word Document Expert feedback on the provided document Unlimited access Don't hesitate to reach out with any inquiries you may have. Please message me with your project brief to get started! I look forward to your response. Abu Yusuf.
$50 USD in 3 days
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Greetings! I will proofread your 45,000 word fiction manuscript for grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors while maintaining your voice. I have editing experience in fantasy, romance, and mystery genres. Send your manuscript. Thanks, Revival
$250 USD in 7 days
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Hi, I can surely assist you in reviewing and polishing your fiction manuscript to ensure it is clear, engaging, and free from grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. I have experience editing fiction and understand the importance of preserving the author's unique voice while improving readability and overall flow. Since your story combines fantasy, romance, and mystery, I will carefully review the manuscript to maintain consistency, clarity, and reader engagement throughout. I pay close attention to detail and will deliver a polished manuscript with professional editing and proofreading. A couple of questions: 1. Do you need only grammar and proofreading edits, or would you also like feedback on story flow and consistency? 2. What is your expected timeline for completing the editing process? Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you!
$30 USD in 1 day
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Hello, I'm ready to review your 45,000-word fiction manuscript blending fantasy, romance, and mystery. I understand you need a skilled editor to correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors while maintaining your unique author voice. With years of experience editing fiction across these genres, I know how to polish your prose without losing the magic that makes your story special. I'll carefully go through every page, fixing errors and improving clarity so your manuscript reads smoothly and professionally. Let's connect to discuss your timeline and specific expectations in detail. I'm happy to provide a sample edit so you can see my approach firsthand. Looking forward to collaborating with you! Warm Regards, Aqsa I.
$250 USD in 7 days
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Hi, With my comprehensive skills in editing, proofreading, and extensive background in creative writing, particularly in fantasy, romance, and mystery genres, I am primed to elevate your manuscript to a professional level. Grammar and punctuation are the backbone of any great story, and my keen eye for detail helps me detect subtle errors that are often missed. Maintaining an author’s voice is crucial, and I deeply understand how to preserve unique narrative style while improving clarity and correctness. Over the years, I have refined the ability to enhance writing without altering its essence, ensuring your story remains authentic while becoming polished and error-free. Whether crafting or editing a manuscript, I focus on delivering work that exceeds expectations through precision, creativity, and consistency. It would be my pleasure to dedicate my skills to refining your project while preserving its emotional impact and storytelling strength. What is the primary audience age group for your manuscript? Let’s refine your manuscript into a polished, publication-ready story that truly reflects your voice and vision. Neha.
$900 USD in 15 days
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Heyyy! A 45,000-word fantasy romance mystery manuscript needs more than basic proofreading, it requires careful line-level refinement that protects your voice while ensuring every sentence is clear, polished, and grammatically precise. Strong experience in fiction editing helps strengthen storytelling flow, fix language issues, and maintain consistency across plot, tone, and character voice while preserving the emotional depth and atmosphere of the genre. • Full grammar, punctuation, and spelling correction across the manuscript • Line editing to improve clarity, flow, and readability without changing your voice • Consistency check for tone, character voice, and narrative continuity The final manuscript will read smoothly, feel professionally refined, and retain your original storytelling style while meeting high editorial standards for fantasy, romance, and mystery fiction. Quick collaboration during the editing process and a short review round can ensure everything aligns perfectly with your vision before final delivery. Warm Regards ARWA MOIZ
$250 USD in 2 days
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Grammar and punctuation inconsistencies in 45,000-word fiction manuscripts often stem from tonal shifts between fantasy world-building sequences and dialogue-heavy romance sections—each demands different syntactic treatment. This manuscript requires a methodical approach that preserves authorial voice while standardizing mechanical errors across genre-blended content. The review will address grammar, punctuation, and spelling systematically, with particular attention to fantasy nomenclature consistency, dialogue formatting across mystery plot threads, and romance genre conventions. Scene transitions and pacing-critical punctuation will be evaluated for both correctness and narrative impact. Delivery includes a marked manuscript with detailed corrections, a summary of patterns identified, and a Turnitin plagiarism report. The editing preserves your original voice while elevating clarity and technical accuracy throughout all three genre elements. Unlimited revisions ensure complete alignment with your vision before final submission. Ready to begin immediately upon project confirmation.
$30 USD in 1 day
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Hi, I can proofread your 45,000-word fiction manuscript with a careful eye for grammar, punctuation and spelling while keeping your voice intact. Because your story blends fantasy, romance and mystery, I’ll pay close attention to dialogue punctuation, tense consistency, character voice, world-building terms and sentence clarity without over-editing the style that makes the manuscript yours. I can return a marked-up version with tracked changes plus a clean final copy. Would you like this kept strictly to proofreading, or should I also flag small clarity issues where they affect the reading experience?
$125 USD in 5 days
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Grammar and punctuation inconsistencies in a 45,000-word manuscript require systematic review across narrative voice, dialogue formatting, and genre-specific conventions. Fantasy-romance-mystery blends demand particular attention to tense consistency, POV shifts, and dialogue punctuation standards. This manuscript will receive line-by-line review for grammatical accuracy, spelling errors, and punctuation placement. The process maintains your established voice while eliminating technical errors that undermine readability. Special focus goes to fantasy worldbuilding terminology, romance dialogue conventions, and mystery pacing clarity. Deliverable includes the cleaned manuscript with tracked changes, a summary report of recurring issues, and one revision round. Turnitin plagiarism report provided at completion. Based on manuscript length and complexity, this project requires 5-7 business days for thorough completion. Rate reflects the detailed genre-specific editing this blend demands.
$30 USD in 1 day
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Hi there! I am a Ph.D. writer, editor, proofreader, and researcher. I have reviewed your project details and would like to offer my bid. I can provide you with a 100% perfect manuscript, meet your tight deadlines, and maintain high standards and professional writing skills, with 0% plagiarism, all at the lowest budget. I will provide you with the Turnitin plagiarism report. I can write well in APA 7, MLA, and IEEE formats. I have ten years of writing experience, including essays, research papers, content, research articles, technical and legal writings, report writing, medical writings, business plans, case study analyses, blogs, and books. Here is my sample work link: https://www.freelancer.com/u/zubairbadar98 Please award the project so that we can discuss it more. “I also perform unlimited revisions until you are delighted and will lead to your goal.” Thanks
$30 USD in 1 day
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With a passion for bringing your ideas to life while maintaining your unique voice, I am the skilled editor who can provide thorough grammar and punctuation review for your 45,000-word manuscript. Having honed my skills through years of experience in creative writing, editing, and proofreading, I have developed a keen eye for detail, especially where it concerns maintaining an author's voice. Working on fiction projects is one of my strengths; from novels to articles to personal narratives - I love it all. Your manuscript blending fantasy, romance, and mystery genres perfectly aligns with my interests. So often in these genres, the details make all the difference. Whether it's finding plot holes or correcting punctuation slips, rest assured that I will meticulously pore over every word to ensure grammatical correctness without compromising your literary style. At the end of the day, it’s about making your manuscript the best version possible. As an experienced freelancer dedicated to deadlines, confidentiality, and quality work, I am fully prepared to bring a fresh set of eyes to elevate your project into something extraordinary. Choose me with confidence and let's embark on this transformative journey together.
$100 USD in 2 days
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With over a decade of experience in various forms of writing and editing, your quest for a meticulous manuscript editor ends here. My chief strength lies in my ability to ensure accuracy and quality without compromising the author's voice. Having worked with different genres including romance, mystery, and fantasy, I fully understand the importance of maintaining consistency while elevating clarity and correctness. After personally working on similar projects, I've honed my skills to be efficient yet meticulous. My intuition for grammar and punctuation hones the msitakes we're aiming to eliminate from your 45,000 words manuscript. Beyond just catching any typographical errors and inconsistencies, I curate your story to maintain its essence while adding the final layer of editorial integrity. Beyond reviewing your manuscript grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors, I offer a comprehensive range of other services that might be beneficial to you during or after this project such as Market Research or Quality Assurance (QA). Therefore, partnering with me means getting all-rounded expertise all under one roof. Let's make your fiction manuscript the best version it can be!
$140 USD in 1 day
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I am PH.D Writer, Editor 12+ years, And would have no problem providing you with the HIGH-Quality work you need. All my work is 100% my own and never Copied, Spun or Plagiarized, so you won’t have to worry about that at all. My three core values are EFFICIENCY, QUALITY, and EXPERTISE. I will deliver this work within the stipulated DEADLINE and a guarantee of NON-PLAGIARIZED work. Hire me, and you will get value for your money.
$30 USD in 1 day
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Hi, I have read the project description and can help edit your 45,000+ word fiction manuscript while preserving your unique voice, style, and storytelling. I have experience reviewing long-form manuscripts and creative writing projects, with a strong focus on grammar, punctuation, spelling, consistency, readability, and narrative flow. I will carefully proofread and edit the manuscript to eliminate errors, improve sentence clarity where needed, and ensure a smooth reading experience without changing the tone or personality of the story. Given your blend of fantasy, romance, and mystery, I will also pay attention to character consistency, dialogue flow, and continuity throughout the manuscript. Please message me. Thanks, Soha
$200 USD in 7 days
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Hi, I'd be happy to help with this. A 45,000-word manuscript is a manageable length, and fantasy, romance, and mystery is an interesting combination. My focus would be on correcting grammar, punctuation, spelling, and consistency issues while keeping your voice and storytelling style intact. Before giving a final quote, I'd like to take a quick look at a sample chapter to get a sense of the manuscript and the level of editing needed. A couple of questions: Is this a first draft or has it already been revised? Are you looking strictly for grammar and punctuation editing, or would you also like notes on clarity and readability? Do you have a deadline in mind? My bid for a proofreading/light copyediting pass would be around $225.
$225 USD in 12 days
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o With 12+ years of academic writing expertise, I deliver high-quality, plagiarism-free research papers, dissertations, theses, and reports tailored to your requirements also with Proofreading, Editing, Formatting and sure I can handle your project on Manuscript Grammar & Punctuation Reviewing for 45k words. Also expert in using professional terminologies, vocabulary as per the given subject. o I read your project description and I am sure that I can handle your project. o Expert in correcting spellings as per the country requirement, o Expert in formatting, clearing plagiarism, edits, rewrites, paraphrasing o Also an expert in Research writing, research reports, essays and advance essays, dissertations. o Your project will be delivered on time with high standard. o Expert in in all referencing styles (APA/ Harvard / IEEE formatted.). o 100 % Assurance on zero percent plagiarism. o TURNITIN / COPYSCAPE plagiarism report will be provided along with completed work o Assistance will be provided with number of clarifications until client satisfaction
$250 USD in 3 days
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Hi, I read through your project for editing your 45,000 word fiction manuscript in the fantasy, romance, and mystery genres. I can build and deliver this efficiently based on the job requirements. This fits well with my experience in fiction editing, proofreading, and manuscript refinement, with a strong focus on grammar, punctuation, spelling accuracy, and preserving the author’s original voice while improving clarity and readability. I can take what you outlined and turn it into a fully polished manuscript that maintains your storytelling style across fantasy, romance, and mystery elements while ensuring clean, professional-level language and consistency throughout the text. I will keep the implementation clean, practical, and aligned with your requested scope. Send me the manuscript and I can start .
$40 USD in 7 days
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Good day, As a senior fiction editor, I am confident in providing a thorough grammar and punctuation review for your 45,000-word manuscript. With experience in editing fantasy, romance, and mystery genres, I ensure to maintain your unique voice while enhancing clarity. Let's discuss further and I can share relevant samples. In my process, I plan meticulously, create edits with precision, review thoroughly, and deliver a polished final product. What I will do: - Correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors - Maintain author's voice and improve clarity - Ensure grammatical accuracy High-quality work within budget. Let's chat soon! Regards, Hira Khan
$32 USD in 2 days
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Drawing on my 7+ years as an experienced writer and legal expert, I'm well-acquainted with the meticulous nature of editing. My work spans various genres, including creative writing and academic papers that mirror your needs for your manuscript. I have developed a keen eye for detail and an acute aptitude for spotting grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. My strong command in language will ensure that your manuscript maintains its author's voice while enhancing clarity and correctness. Furthermore, throughout my career, I have actively engaged in eBook writing - crafted content that grips readers and weaves imaginative stories, similar to the aims of your book. Additionally, I've honed my editing skills in diverse subject matters, aligning with the different elements in your fantasy-romance-mystery novel. Choose me to bring life to your fiction world!
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