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Memoir Editing Services
NextGen Story provides full-service memoir and legacy book editing services. We are an empathetic, experienced "second eye" reading your work.
When we edit your work we help you:
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Clarify Your Voice – express your story authentically and powerfully.
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Improve Readability – smooth transitions, engaging pacing, and clean structure.
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Organize Content – shape letters, journal entries, historical information, photos, and memories into a cohesive narrative arc.
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Polish Language – ensure your language honours the legacy you wish to leave
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Ready for a second eye?
NextGen Story has a team of empathetic, experienced editors who focus on creative non-fiction: memoir, life story, family history and legacy books. We support with:
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Structural editing - improving overall organization and content of the writing.
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Stylistic editing - if you want to improve the overall ‘feel’ and flow of your writing at the level of sentence and paragraph structure.
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Copyediting - to correct grammatical issues and to ensure consistent styling (eg dates, references, 7 vs seven, etc). None of us writes perfectly and consistently!
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Proofreading - to catch the tiny litle errors that that our brains literaly do not allow us too see in our own writing.(how many errors did you catch?)
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What editing do you need now?
As our clients put it...
My editor's comments were helpful - comments in particular about one key part of my story helped me transform the writing. Thank you!
NextGen Story client
The process of editing helped me see things that I would not have otherwise noticed. At times the editor's comments helped me see that I was being too hard on myself. In many ways the editing process was a part of the healing journey.
NextGen Story client
Question: I am feeling nervous about sharing my book - what if it is not good enough?
Answer: NextGen Story memoir and legacy book editing services provide an empathetic, experienced "second eye" reading your work. We provide supportive, constructive suggestions to improve your manuscript.
Question: How much does editing cost?
Answer: Editing is priced by word count and by type of editing, thus costs range from a few hundred dollars to several thousand.
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Manuscript Review provides overall feedback on voice, structure, and flow. Feedback is provided in a separate file with detailed comments; cost is $30 per 1,000 words
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Structural Editing provides thoughtful overall feedback as well as comments throughout your document providing insights and suggestions to improve structure, flow, readability; cost is $60 per 1,000 words
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Stylistic Editing provides input at the level of sentence and paragraph structure; cost is $56 + per 1,000 words
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Copy-editing provides input on consistent grammar, spelling, etc; cost is $30 per 1,000 words
Please contact us for a free, no commitment consultation to learn more about editing services in general.
Question: I am a fairly good writer, and I know basic grammar - do I need an editor?
Answer: Even the best, most experienced authors rely on excellent editors. Your work will be more clear, readable, organized, and polished as a result of our editing support.
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