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
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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.
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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.
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$75/hour
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Close reading of poems:
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$40 for 2-3 pages (12-point font, one poem per page only). $70 for 5-6 pages, $125 for 10-12 pages,
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This editing includes a careful offering of line edits and a paragraph of criticism addressing the poems as a group
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College application editing:
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One round of college essay critique for one long college application essay (500- 1,000 words)
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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)
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- 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.