Editor for 10k Word Lead Magnet

Posted 6 days ago

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Summary

Seeking an experienced contemporary romance editor to edit and proofread a 10,000-word lead magnet. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail and experience in content editing. Responsibilities include ensuring clarity, coherence, and grammar accuracy throughout the document. The project requires a quick turnaround, with a deadline of 5-7 days. Absolutely. Here’s a polished version you can paste right into an email or a doc: Tasting Heaven Studios Editorial and Proofreading Guidelines by Kendal Starr. Purpose: This manuscript is an original creative work. Editing should strengthen clarity and readability without altering the author's voice or vision. Approved changes include correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, typos, smoothing sentence flow without changing meaning, pointing out continuity issues or plot holes and checking formatting for eBook and print. Suggestions are welcome, but final decisions stay with the author. Changes requiring the author's written approval include character names, personalities, dialogue, backstories, or relationships. Also, story structure or major plot events, chapter order, titles, ending, emotional tone or themes. Also any brand names, series terminology, or signature wording. For series canon, Marcus is Shea’s father. Central romance is best friend’s dad. Setting is Colorado. Standalone romance with a satisfying ending. Canon remains consistent. Author’s voice: please preserve the author’s unique style. Maintain emotional impact, humor, descriptive choices, and pacing. Comment with suggestions rather than rewriting or removing. Keep requested deliverables super clean: One manuscript with track changes. One clean final version. A brief editorial summary A list of key continuity items and a clean final proofread Final statement is the author’s creative vision it's the governing authority for this manuscript. The purpose of editing is to strengthen the work, not to redefine its core. Any substantive changes require author approval. My apologies if this repeats it's self. It's my first book. thank you for your time in this matter. G

  • $30.00

    Fixed-price
  • Intermediate
    Experience Level
  • Remote Job
  • One-time project
    Project Type
Skills and Expertise
Mandatory skills
English
Proofreading
Error Detection
Nice-to-have skills
Copy Editing
Copywriting
Activity on this job
  • Proposals:Less than 5
  • Last viewed by client:3 days ago
  • Hires:
    1
  • Interviewing:
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  • Invites sent:
    2
  • Unanswered invites:
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About the client
Member since Aug 3, 2026
  • United States
    Denver11:55 PM
  • $30 total spent
    1 hire, 0 active

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