Services
Bespoke Editorial Services for Authors
At Ravendale Editorial, we offer a bespoke editorial service designed to elevate your manuscript’s structure, style, and storytelling, in one streamlined experience.
Our hybrid approach blends in-depth developmental editing with line-level refinement, tailored to your unique voice and creative vision. Whether you’re preparing to query agents, self-publish, or polish a work-in-progress, we provide detailed, actionable feedback to help your manuscript reach its full potential.
We specialise in fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction, with a particular passion for richly imagined worlds, layered character arcs, and immersive narrative structures. From epic quests and crumbling empires to dystopian futures and fractured timelines, we understand the intricacies and expectations of these genres – and we’re committed to helping your vision resonate on the page.
What’s Included
- Structural & narrative analysis (pacing, tension, character, worldbuilding, flow)
- Chapter-by-chapter developmental notes
- Line-level feedback on tone, clarity, rhythm, and sentence craft
- Highlighted suggestions for rephrasing or strengthening key moments
- A final editorial report summarising strengths, opportunities, and next steps
This two-in-one service is ideal for writers who don’t want to juggle multiple editors or face extended wait times between separate editorial phases. By combining developmental and line editing into one cohesive process, we can help you refine your manuscript efficiently, without compromising quality.
Turnaround times vary depending on manuscript length and scope, with most projects returned within four weeks.
Developmental Editing
Refine your plot, characters, and pacing for a stronger narrative foundation.
Line Editing
Polish your prose with detailed attention to style, tone, and flow.
Manuscript Critique
Receive a comprehensive review with actionable feedback to improve your draft.
Experts in Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Speculative Genres
Dive into tailored editorial services designed to transform your manuscript into a compelling and polished narrative, setting your story apart.
Narrative Refinement
Strengthening your story’s spine. Enhancing plot, structure, pacing, and flow to captivate readers from the first page to the last.
Character Development
Shaping character motivations, emotionally resonant arcs, and meaningful relationships that evolve naturally and drive the story forward.
World-Building Consultation
Refining the internal logic, depth of detail, and sensory immersion of your setting – crafting believable worlds that feel alive on the page.
Line-Level Precision
Polishing your prose with sentence-level insight to enhance rhythm, voice, and phrasing – making your story shine.
Kathryn went above and beyond my expectations. She absolutely knows what she’s doing and is very kind and uplifting about it. This is a quality editor who has found her calling.
Nicole, USA
MG / YA Fantasy Author