Developmental Edit
Structure, pacing, character and argument. A full editorial letter with a chapter-by-chapter map.
Editorial house · est. 2011
Your manuscript,
read the way an
editor reads.
Wordholt pairs authors with career editors from trade publishing. Honest notes, exact line work, and a plan for what the book becomes next.
4,100+
Manuscripts edited
Penguin alumniFaber alumniGranta alumniPEN judgesBooker readers
What we do
Four editorial passes, each with a job to do.
Line & Copy Edit
Sentence-level craft, voice consistency, grammar and house style applied with a light, deliberate hand.
Proofread
The last read before print. Typos, spacing, running heads and typographic detail caught cold.
Publishing Guidance
Query letters, synopses, submission strategy and a candid read on where your book belongs.
The process
From first pages to final proof in four moves.
01
Send the manuscript
Upload your pages and tell us the deadline you're working to.
02
Read & quote
An editor reads your pages and returns a fixed, itemised quote.
03
The full edit
Your editor works the manuscript and writes the editorial letter.
04
Debrief call
An hour with your editor to talk through every note before you revise.
Why Wordholt
We don't rewrite you. We make you unmistakable.
Every edit is done by one named editor who stays with your book from first read to final proof. No pools, no ghost handoffs, no template letters.
- One editor, start to finish
- A fixed quote before any work begins
- Fixed quotes — never per-hour surprises
- Debrief call included with every edit
4,100+
Manuscripts edited
312
Traditionally published after
14 days
Average turnaround
Authors on Wordholt
Notes from the other desk.
The editorial letter was the most useful document I have ever received about my own work.
Marguerite ElleryAuthor of The Salt AlmanacWordholt caught a structural problem three agents had felt but couldn't name.
Daniel OseiDebut novelistPrecise, unsentimental and genuinely kind. We now route every acquisition through them.
Hollis & Vane PressIndependent imprintFrom the desk
News & features
Send us the manuscript.
Tell us where the book is and we'll tell you honestly what it needs — with a fixed quote inside two working days.
4.9 average from 1,240 authors