Interested in an editing / coaching session but unsure how you'd use the time? Here are the options!
 

• Editing (2 hours): Your editor / coach will review approximately 10 - 15 double-spaced pages* in standard formatting, and offer margin and line comments, and a brief written and/or bulleted overall feedback on what's working well and what could work better. (* Refers to prose pages, in standard formatting. For poetry and/or hybrid work, your editor will let you know the equivalent page/word limit.)
   

• Coaching (2 hours): Your editor / coach will meet with you over Zoom (or phone) for two separate hour-long sessions to talk about your writing and creative goals; any questions you have on craft, process, and/or the industry; and/or anything else related to writing that you'd like to discuss and/or learn! In some cases, coaching time can also be used to look at short sections of your writing together, on the spot. Please note: If both hours are used for coaching, then no work will be reviewed by your coach outside of the session.
   

• Combination: Your editor /coach will spend approximately half of the session (1 hour) reading up to 10-15 pages*, then meeting with you on Zoom (or phone) for the remaining hour to discuss your work. While your editor / coach may choose to still leave line comments on your work, this should not be expected and all feedback will be delivered verbally, rather than written. (* Refers to prose pages, in standard formatting. For poetry and/or hybrid work, your editor will let you know the equivalent page/word limit.)
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For New Clients / What to Expect:

• Coaching packages are priced at each editor's individual hourly rates.
   

• Feel free to sign up for sessions with different editors if you choose! Though for first sessions, please ONLY sign up for a single session with the same editor. 
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• After signing up for a session,  you are all set! Your editor / coach will reach out to you (via the email address you provided upon checkout) within seven days in order to learn more about how you'd like to use the session (either editing, coaching, or some combination of the two) as well as to schedule your session. 

 

• PVWW editors have different styles and ways of working, and all editing and coaching work is tailored to your needs. When your editor / coach reaches out to you after you purchase your session, make sure you and your editor/coach are on the same page about what you're hoping to get from the session, before work together begins! 

 

• Formatting for prose writers: Make sure your work (for review) is in standard formatting (double-spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, one-inch margins). 
   

• Disclaimer on page counts / expectations: Please note that the number of pages listed above is an estimate, and that may vary slightly based on your editor, depending on factors such as the density (roughness or smoothness)  of the prose, the kind of editing needed, and whether or not writers follow standard formatting. While your editor will do their best to fall within or near this range, editors are not expected to go outside of the time parameters, if they have already spent the full amount of time on your work. 
   

• If you have a longer manuscript and/or project: All new clients MUST begin editing / coaching work with a 2-hour package. If you are interested in editing of a longer manuscript, we require that you begin with the purchase of a 2-hour package first, where you and your editor/coach can begin to look at your longer manuscript. We require this in part to make sure that you and your editor are a good fit before a greater investment is made. 

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For Returning Clients:

• If you want to continue working with your editor / coach after your initial session, you can book more time with them, either another two-hour package, or you can talk to them about a longer session (which can also be booked here, though you should clarify the number of hours needed with them first). Please note: Before purchase of more than 2 hours, you MUST touch base with your editor/coach and make sure they are available for the work you'd like to do. All coordination must happen first with them. If you would like review and/or editing of a longer manuscript project, you must receive an estimate from the editor you are working with before payment is made.