Nonfiction Manuscripts

Choosing a proofreader, copy editor, or developmental editor is an important decision, and your manuscript deserves the best. Proof Positive’s editors don’t just give you general suggestions like “show don’t tell.” Instead, we give you examples of how to make our suggested changes, and we do it in your writing voice. We also create a style guide to ensure consistency, which is essential for a series so that the details of each book stay consistent with previous books. When working on developmental edits, we create a book map to ensure consistency of plots, subplots, and details.

*We do not offer fact-checking or source formatting.

• We accept both Word and Pages formats, which we will work on using Track Changes and Comments. If you’re not sure how to use Track Changes and Comments in Word, click here.
• We work with Google Docs using Suggest Edits mode, as long as the author agrees not to make changes to the manuscript until we complete our edit.
• We can work directly in Vellum files. Please note that there is no Track Changes option, so you will not be able to easily see our edits unless you manually compare our version of the file with your own original version.
• For the visually impaired, we are happy to work with Scrivener for Mac.
• We can also mark up short PDF documents (no more than ten pages) using highlighting and comments.

Have a different format? Contact us—we are flexible!

Regardless of which service you choose, we work in American English, British English, Australian English, and Canadian English, using the appropriate style guides.