Quick Answer Editing a book takes five passes: developmental, line editing, copy editing, proofreading, and formatting check. (Updated May 2026.) I made a short video series about my editing and revision process but never added it to my blog, so here it is: The 5 stages of self editing Once I’m done with a first
Quick Answer Grammarly catches more typos; ProWritingAid has deeper style analysis. Use both before publishing. The short version: Grammarly finds more typos and actual mistakes. In a full manuscript, it found 7 while ProWritingAid only caught 1. However, ProWritingAid sometimes catches things that Grammarly misses, and has very useful more...
Quick Answer Book editing costs $0.01–$0.05 per word for most projects — that’s $500–$4,000 for an 80,000-word novel, depending on the edit type. This is a long post, so I’ve summarized some info near the top for quick answers: Here is a list of book editing services along with an indication of the typical costs...
