Professional Editing of Illustration-based Books - $1,195

  To create and publish a successful children’s picture storybook or a simple illustration-based book there are a few facets of development that should be addressed early on by the author/illustrator/self-publisher. The two main factors in developing an illustration based simple book structure are text development and editing, and art development and editing.


STEP 1 - Developmental Critique

  The text development stage begins with your great idea for a book. Before any actual text editing begins, an experienced editor will provide a critique of your manuscript. At Polymancer Studios we believe it is important to help identify the strengths and weaknesses (opportunities for development) of the manuscript relevant to its intended audience and the purpose of the book. Then you can revise as you wish before proceeding to editing.


STEP 2 – Text Edit

  The manuscript should be submitted after breaking it down into either a twenty-four or thirty-two page format. Each page should include the text you want on that page. If you know what you want illustrated on each page (or spread), please include the illustration descriptions to provide your editor with as much information and context as possible. Your text will be edited for grammar, punctuation, syntax, and style, as well as to ensure that the text for each page clearly conveys one concept that can be associated with an appropriate illustration. If you have supplied the editor with illustration ideas, the editor will offer feedback and recommendations on those. If you have not provided illustration ideas, the editor will suggest you purchase the Comprehensive Illustration-based Book Editing package instead, or will discuss the additional fees to include developing art concepts further. The editor will also offer suggestions on size and format of the book, such as upright, oblong, or square.

  After you have revised your manuscript based on this edit, you start the illustration process with either one of our illustrators or your own.

  The second part of this edit includes receiving the editor’s feedback on the initial pencil drawing example for one page of the book, based on the context of the whole story.