Manuscript Evaluation

**Full manuscript read**
**Written editorial report (approximately 3,000–5,000 words)**
**Structural and conceptual overview**
**Commentary on coherence, voice, and fitness for purpose**
**Practical recommendations for revision**

Developmental Editing

**Structural and content-focused editing**
**Guidance on narrative, argument, and organisation**
**Tracked changes and in-text editorial comments**
**Guidance on restructuring and development priorities**

Line Editing

**Sentence- and paragraph-level editing**
**Clarity, flow, tone, and stylistic consistency**
**Authorial voice preserved**
**Consistency of language and usage**
**Tracked changes**

Copyediting

**Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and syntax**
**Consistency of terminology, names, references, and formatting**
**Application of agreed house style and regional conventions**
**Use of recognised style guides (Oxford, Chicago, APA, Harvard)**

Academic Editing

**Structural and stylistic editing of academic or research-based prose**
**Consistency of references and citations**
**Application of the agreed referencing system**
**Focus on clarity and accessibility alongside scholarly standards**
**May be combined with developmental editing, line editing, or copyediting**

Writing Mentorship

**Writers are supported through structured guidance on writing practice, including craft, character development, creative routines, and practical resources that support long-term creative work.**
**This service is informed by ten years of experience as a psychoanalytic therapist, together with professional practice as an author, artist, and editor.**

Trauma-Informed Editorial Support

**Editorial handling of sensitive or personal material**
**Trauma-aware reading within professional editorial boundaries**
**Focus on clarity, structure, and authorial control**
**Editorial service only**

Priority editorial service

**Accelerated turnaround, subject to availability**
**Scope and feasibility assessed at the enquiry stage**
**Full editorial standards maintained**
**Offered for selected services where practicable**
**Fee adjustment applies to express services**

Editorial Process

**Initial enquiry via the contact form**
**Sample extract reviewed, where required**
**Written editorial proposal issued**
**Editing carried out using tracked changes**
**Work delivered to the agreed schedule**

Valen Editorial Ltd provides professional editorial services in line with current UK publishing standards and established international practice. We work with authors, publishers, and agencies in the UK, Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Ireland, with experience supporting manuscripts for international markets.

All projects are scoped individually. A written editorial proposal is provided confirming scope, timetable, style requirements, and fees.

You can reach us via the contact form. We will respond as soon as possible.