Focused Revision Sessions

Whether you're revising a journal article, developing a book proposal, restructuring a chapter, or working through feedback from peer reviewers, these one-hour consultations provide dedicated time to tackle a specific writing challenge. We'll work collaboratively on your manuscript to develop practical revision strategies you can continue applying after the session ends.

Who These Sessions Are For

These sessions are ideal for scholars who are:

  • tackling a revise-and-resubmit for a journal article

  • drafting or restructuring your book proposal

  • talking through your book’s central argument and identifying how your chapter-level arguments support it

  • outlining a new chapter or reversing outlining an existing one

  • restructuring your book chapters or sections within chapters

  • crafting a more engaging introduction

  • responding to difficult or conflicting reader reports on your book manuscript

How the Sessions Work

Each one-hour session includes:

  • 30 minutes of advance reading time for the editor before we meet

  • A one-hour Zoom consultation focused on your manuscript

  • Collaborative discussion and revision strategies tailored to your goals

  • Screen sharing and working on key pieces of the text together

Please send your text with notes about your questions at least 48 hours before the session.

Pricing

$125 per one-hour session. This includes both advance reading and the live consultation.

If your institution is covering the cost of your session, you may choose the invoice option below rather than paying online.

One Session or Several?

These sessions are great for authors working with us on a chapter-by-chapter basis; we can meet as you’re (re)writing and strategize about implementing our developmental feedback. Please let us know if you’d like to include one or more sessions in a quote for a developmental book editing project.

One-off calls are also welcome from new and existing clients. If you find yourself with a sticky writing or revision problem, we can usually work through it in a session.

Ready to Book?

Book here to pay by card.

Book here to have your session invoiced for institutional payment.

If these times don’t work for you, please email Sarah at sarah@sarahobrienediting.com and we can find some that do.