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Let's Work Together

Editorial Services

"When I'm drafting a poem, Melanie is my first and best reader. She sees my work with tremendous precision, unafraid to carve away the inessential. Maybe more importantly: she listens to the poem itself, not her own aesthetic preferences. Which is why she so effectively guides a poem towards its truest, most complicated shape. And she does all this with a gentleness that leaves me energized. She's the real thing."

- Josh Tvrdy author of Smut Psalm forthcoming from Button Press 

Booking now for fall 2024

1-on-1 meetings

  • These meetings function as office hours of sorts. In our meeting, we can talk all things writing, editing, submitting, and whatever else might be useful on your writing journey. ​​​

    • There is the option to approach the work more broadly or get down to the nitty-gritty details. I love taking work line by line and word by word. ​

    • $75/hour

 

Close reading of poems: 

  • $40 for 2-3 pages (12-point font, one poem per page only). $70 for 5-6 pages, $125 for 10-12 pages, 

    • This editing includes a careful offering of line edits and a paragraph of criticism addressing the poems as a group​​

College application editing: 

  • One round of college essay critique for one long college application essay (500- 1,000 words)

    • You will receive a document with careful line edits and an accompanied paragraph of feedback. Fee: $75 (add a one-hour long call to use as you wish $75) ​

  • One round of college essay feedback for three short college application essays (250 words or less each)
    • ​You will receive a document with careful line edits and an accompanied paragraph of feedback. Fee: $75 (add a one hourlong call to use as you wish for $75)
  • College essay office hours
    • We will meet to discuss the ins and out of the college application process. I will work with you through the application and essay writing process from start to finish.​
    • Fee: $75 an hour with a three hour minimum. 

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