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Creative Solutions to Practical Problems.

It’s not easy being a writer. It’s hard to get the people in your life to take your writing seriously. You have to fight to carve out time to work on your craft (There’s always that guy at some party who says, “If I had a weekend I could write a novel.” Um, right.). And then, who can you trust to give you honest feedback to take your work to the next level without changing your voice or your story?

I’ve sat on both sides of the publishing desk. I get it. I know how hard it is to get where you are. And I know what publishers are thinking about your book. And I can teach you what you need to know to reach your writing goals. In fact, that’s the first thing I’m going to ask you about. I love helping people stretch out of their comfort zones and reach their goals.

At heart, I’m a teacher. I don’t just edit your work, I help you grow your craft. You understand what I am doing and why so you can apply this to your other works.

While I have options for every budget, I provide the best value to serious writers ready to get their work published, traditional or indie.

Writing Coach

It can be difficult to get personal feedback on your writing, especially during the process. You might have talented beta readers or critique partners in your corner, but what if they don’t know any more than you do? Coaching provides comprehensive guidance to writing, publishing, and career options, tailoring a plan specifically to you and your circumstances. While it’s an investment, it will pay dividends in saving you weeks, months, or even years of frustration, wondering what’s working, what isn’t, and how to fix it.

Draft support coaching helps you through the process of writing your book, coaching as you go along to help you finish your book and minimize difficulties later in the editing and publishing process. For fiction authors, this includes access to the Novel Blueprint Signature Course, a $667 value.

Revision support coaching helps you work through the process of revising your manuscript so you can make the most efficient use of the editing and publishing process.

Both include six Zoom calls three to four weeks apart, and you can submit up to 10,000 words in advance of each call for me to review and give feedback on.

Investment of $400 per session, six-session commitment.

Editing

There are a lot of different definitions of what editing is and does. There are no real standards for editors, so writers often have no good way of knowing if an editor is worthwhile. Even recommendations can be biased. Just because your writer friend liked their editor doesn’t mean it was a good edit or would be a good fit for you.

I’ve worked in traditional publishing as a managing editor. I’m a gold member of the Christian Professional Editors Network, which requires passing editing tests and being vetted. But none of that matters if we’re not a good fit. My goal is always to preserve your vision and your voice for your story. I want your story to be the best it can be. Hopefully, you’ll not only get a solid edit, you’ll learn principles of craft along the way that you can apply to your future works.

Because of the subjective nature of editing, I will ask for a sample of your writing and give you my feedback on what I think I can accomplish for you. That way you can determine if we are on the same page. It’s also why you won’t find a list of specific prices on my site, just price ranges. I customize each quote to what the project needs. I don’t shoehorn you into predetermined categories.

View the three main editing categories and pricing here.

Writing Teaching

Take one of my courses listed in the courses menu above. New ones are added all the time.

You can also pick up my book, Eat the Elephant: How to Write (and Finish!) Your Book One Bite at a Time to get you started in the right direction. After having shared this method with many writers at every level of writing skills over my fifteen years as an editor and an author, what I’ve discovered is that the Novel Blueprint method covered in Eat the Elephant addresses many common problems.

Strategy Call

Not sure what you want or need or even the questions to ask? Hop on a strategy call with me to talk about your goals and map out a plan with options to get you there.

Investment: $295, paid at the time of booking.

Before I tried using any piece of Novel Blueprint, I could plan on close to a year or more in the initial writing process. As a confirmed pantser, I never knew the twists and turns in the story, only the beginning, big crisis, and end. But I tried parts of the Nugget and crafted my fourth novel, a 95K story, in ten weeks. Ten. I was shocked. Enough so that I was all in and used the entire blueprint for my next two books, not only writing them in record time, but enjoying the fun of exploration while the bumper guards the blueprint added kept me from running off into unneeded scenes and elements. I love how it guides without removing the inspiration moments. I’ve found my work has gained added depth and I will not write another book without Jennifer Crosswhite’s Novel Blueprint. I highly recommend it.
Jennifer Lynn Cary, author of the Crockett Chronicles and the Relentless series
The Novel Blueprint has revolutionized how I write my stories. It provides great structure, helps me to get to know my characters better, and keeps my writing on track. From novice to professional, everyone can benefit from it.
USA Today Best-selling author Liz Tolsma
Jennifer, your feedback has changed how I look at my writing, and I’m excited to dig into the other chapters and apply what I’ve learned from you.
Laurie Scott, author of God Doesn’t Make Mistakes
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Have a question?

Get started today making your writing goals a reality. Or risk another year in the frustration of spinning your wheels, not knowing if your writing is really good enough.

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There can be a lot of confusion about the different types of editing. There are three main categories.

  • Developmental/substantive edit–A big-picture edit looking at story arc, character development, and the flow of the book. Price varies based on word count and where you are on the writing journey, but it averages $3-5,000. We often package this with a copy edit.
  • Copy/line edit–This is what most people think of as editing, looking at paragraph and sentence structure, word usage, grammar, and flow. This is almost always packaged with a developmental edit, but occasionally a project only needs a copy or line edit. As with a developmental edit, the price varies based on word count and generally is about 40% of the price of a developmental edit.
  • Proofread–This is a final edit looking for typos and mistakes and is best done by a fresh set of eyes. As with the other edits, this varies by word count but is the cheapest of all edits, running from about $600 to $1,500.

My team and I will work to get you the appropriate levels of editing your project needs.