Scout Media offers deep line edits by Brian Paone on all genres of novels & short stories. We look for typos, punctuation errors, missing punctuation, capitalization errors, proper sentence structure and correct order of words, prepositions in the wrong place, double-prepositions, reduction of verb/preposition combos, unnecessary words, sentence fragments, run-on sentences, reconstructing sentences to omit filler words (such as “there was” and “going to”), erroneous extra spaces, replacing ambiguous uses of the word 'it,' replacing non-descriptive linking verbs (such as 'was') with action verbs, correct format for dialogue and action tags, misspelled words, comma splices, awkward sentences, flow and pace, correct tense, dangling participles, passive voice to active voice, overuse of pleonasms, appropriate contraction use, redundancy of words, replacing overused adverbs with action verbs, creating a balance between action tags and dialogue tags, misused words, suggestions with synonyms, incorrect use of italics or caps, proper formatting when naming a song, album, movie, book title etc., highlight passages where the author is "telling and not showing," and all other formatting errors which will bring your story to industry standard.
Established in 2013, Scout Media is an independent publishing company, record label, and copy-editing service for aspiring authors and musicians/bands.