Pam Elise Harris – Editor

Greetings, my name is Pam, and I am the editor you’ve been looking for. Experienced veteran writer or just starting out, I’m here to guide you through the editorial process and to ensure that you achieve your publishing goals by crafting a polished manuscript, step by step, by your side. I work closely with authors, investing in them and providing the editorial experience they need without compromising their own unique voice and vision.

I have over twenty-five years of experience as a publishing professional. That’s more than two and a half decades of transforming textbooks, novels, nonfiction, and scripts into their most potent, profound, and powerful selves. As a freelance development editor, I helped more than three hundred authors get their manuscripts publication ready, according to rigorous standards, and I can do the same for you, personalized to your needs and your project. I focus on bringing out the story by helping the words get out of the way and thus providing you with a trimmed, toned, and strong manuscript, ready to take on the world.

Development Editing (Cardio)

Development edits are manuscript cardio, a full-body workout to ensure your manuscript has a strong structure. Elements such as plot, characterization, pacing, and world-building are analyzed to determine the best way to improve them. Copyediting and proofreading are included.

Copyediting (Toning)

Copyediting tones those muscles that were worked out in the development edit with a focus to trim down your manuscript by finding opportunities to make the text clearer or more concise. The goal of a copyedit is to excise any excess weight, so the reader only has the information that is essential to the story.

Proofreading (Strengthen the Core)

Proofreading is your core workout. It strengthens your center to hold up the rest of the manuscript. Proofreads focus finding typos and making sure the grammar, spelling, and punctuation are consistent.

If this sounds like a good fit for you, please reach out. I’d love to hear more about your project.