Devin H.

Looking for an editor that is interested in offering more than a quick polish before moving on to the next client? Do you want a freelancer who will be as dedicated to your work as your future readers? I have a voracious hunger for stories, and I can’t stop myself from analyzing them relentlessly. Whether it’s on a page, on a screen, or within the confines of a game, I’ve been obsessed with fiction in its many forms since I was a child. When I was a teenager, I’d sit for hours at an old word processor writing short stories and articles for the school newspaper. As a young adult, I turned my efforts to gaming; In the past twenty years, I’ve written and developed the storylines of thousands of tabletop gaming sessions across genres including fantasy, sci-fi, slice-of-life, horror, and mystery. On top of that, I’ve edited two novels and dozens of web pages. I’m an autodidact with an intense curiosity for that which I do not understand. I apply this trait to everything that I work on, enabling me to catch errors and inconsistencies that others miss. I’m also deeply empathic, which enables me to get in the heads of fictional characters as well as future readers or clients. As a beta reader, I put myself into the shoes of your future readers. You’ll receive detailed, chapter-by-chapter notes about which scenes kept me on the edge of the seat, which parts dragged, and which sections feel disjointed or out of place–everything you need before you send to the publisher. As a copy editor, I take a fine-toothed comb through your manuscript, teasing out and eliminating spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. I flag and correct any inconsistencies or inaccuracies, leaving you with an error-free product you can bring to your publisher or beta readers. As a developmental editor, I take a wide-angle lens approach, examining the most fundamental components of your manuscript. I look at pacing, character development, plot structure and more to give you the clearest possible picture of both the strengths and weaknesses of your work before your rewrite. As a line editor, I polish your prose, going sentence-by-sentence and paragraph-by-paragraph to find the points where pacing can be improved and scenes can better flow together. I eliminate unnecessary fluff and echoes, refine sentences for clarity and concision, and fine-tune details to ensure that each scene is hitting the emotional notes you’re aiming for. Send me a message. Let’s turn your project into the best version of itself. Note: I will not accept work that depicts bigotry in a positive manner; this includes racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia.