Defining Your Levels of Edit: A Guide for Editors and Agencies

You've been there: A client asks for a "quick proofread," and what arrives in your inbox is a rough first draft. Or you deliver exactly what was requested and the client is disappointed because they expected something more. When your levels of edit aren't clearly defined, everyone loses — you do more work than you agreed to, and your clients don't get what they actually need. This 22-lesson course gives you a complete framework for defining, communicating, and executing your editorial service levels. You'll learn how to build an editorial menu that reflects your specific practice, document your scope before work begins, and navigate the conversations that come up when a client needs something different than what they asked for. After taking this course, you'll be able to: ● Define the three main levels of editing and explain what each one includes ● Build editorial service offerings tailored to your practice, including custom tiers ● Communicate your levels clearly in language your clients actually understand ● Create editing checklists that keep you on scope from start to finish ● Confidently talk to clients when they need a different level of edit than requested Because when you know exactly what you're offering — and your clients do too — the work goes better for everyone.