The Better Manuscript
Developmental editing for serious nonfiction
The big-picture edit that reshapes structure, reins in length, sharpens arguments, pulls forward throughlines, strengthens authorial voice, and makes the book memorable.
- 01 Richard Posner
- 02 Cass Sunstein
- 03 John Hope Franklin
- 04 Camilla Townsend
- 05 Franklin Zimring
- 06 Landon Jones
- 07 Ernie Colon
- 08 Tamar Gendler
- 09 O. Vernon Burton
- 10 Yoram Bauman
- 11 Jonathan Gruber
- 12 Hal Holbrook
- 13 Gary Pomerantz
- 14 Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
- 15 Ted Steinberg
- 16 William Nordhaus
- 17 Peter Diamandis
- 18 Lillian Faderman
- 19 David Moss
- 20 Paul Rosenbaum
- 21 Bruce Ackerman
- 22 Mia Bay
- 23 Andy Horowitz
- 24 Diane Rosenfeld
- 25 Jay Feinman
- 26 Paul Golstein
- 01 Emily Bingham
- 02 Eric Rauchway
- 03 William Poundstone
- 04 Harvey Kaye
- 05 Robert Self
- 06 Sid Jacobson
- 07 Philip Gura
- 08 Woody Holton
- 09 Ray Bradbury
- 10 T.H. Breen
- 11 Marc Levinson
- 12 Joseph Crespino
- 13 David Brion Davis
- 14 Sam Harris
- 15 Max Bazerman
- 16 John U. Bacon
- 17 Erika Lee
- 18 Timothy Tyson
- 19 Iris Bohnet
- 20 Vera Tobin
- 21 J. Bradford DeLong
- 22 Tom Zoellner
- 23 Avi Loeb
- 24 Elie Wiesel
- 25 Michael Holt
A partial list — the authors whose manuscripts I've edited, acquired, or published.
Developmental editing vs. copyediting
Developmental editing reshapes the whole — structure, argument, pacing, and governing voice. Copyediting addresses grammar and consistency. You develop first and copyedit second.
Line edits not editorial letters
We apply "show, don't tell" to developmental editing. Our comments explaining suggestions appear in the margins of your manuscript. Our line edits, using track changes, show you what we think can change, why, and how. And appearing on your manuscript, they are easy to adopt, adapt, or take new inspiration from.
Developmental editing for scholars and experts
This is the work we care about most: serious sciences-and-humanities nonfiction by people who know their subject cold and want to reach audiences beyond the academy. Revising your content so that it reaches, persuades, and entertains general readers is the north of our developmental editor's compass.
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