PROOFREADING

Proofreading is the last step before your book goes out into the world. It’s not about reshaping chapters or reworking sentences—you’ve completed that work already. Proofreading is about catching the tiny things that slip through the text: a missing comma, a misspelled word, a formatting hiccup.

At Mayfair Storyhouse, we treat proofreading as a gentle sweep through your manuscript. By this stage, your story already shines. Our role is to make sure nothing distracts readers from the words you’ve worked so hard to craft.

What we’ll do

We’ll look closely for:

• Spelling & punctuation errors

• Grammar slips that remain after copy editing

• Formatting consistency (chapter titles, headers, page breaks, etc.)

• Typographical errors that can sneak past tired eyes

• Consistency in style choices (capitalization, hyphenation, number formatting)

What you’ll receive:

When you book this editing service with Mayfair Storyhouse, you’ll receive:

• A fully marked-up manuscript in Word, with every correction tracked for your review

• Notes on any formatting concerns that might affect the final layout or typesetting

Proofreading is for writers who are almost there—those writers with a finished manuscript that’s already been edited and is now ready for its final read-through before publication.