Preferred Payment Methods

Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, personal and bank checks, and money orders.

General Billing Procedures

Once you have submitted your manuscript or screenplay, we will assign and schedule your job, then send you an electronic invoice via e-mail within no more than one business day. Upon receipt of your payment or deposit (as outlined below), the project will become active, the manuscript will be delivered to your editor, and work can begin.

You'll find a secure direct payment link embedded in the cover note for your invoice which can be used to pay the invoice directly online via credit or debit card. You are also welcome to use one of the alternate payment methods listed above or to call us with your credit card information rather than entering it online.

How Different Services Are Billed

Please note that in all cases, work will not begin without the appropriate initial payment as outlined below.

Manuscript Services

Please Note: Most services are by the word to level the playing field when it comes to font, formatting and other things that affect pagination and make sure we're billing things consistently across the board.

Manuscript Evaluations, Critiques, and Sample Edits: Payable entirely in advance at time of submission.

Manuscript Consultation: The reading fee portion is paid in advance, along with a deposit for approximate expected time on feedback. In the event that the work exceeds that initial deposit or is ongoing, we will run a tab for you and either send you an invoice or process a debit to card on file for you, whichever you prefer. Ongoing consultation is tracked by the editors and reported for billing every two weeks.

Manuscript Annotation: Payable entirely in advance at time of submission.

Line and Copy Editing: We will bill you for a 50% deposit to be paid before work begins, with the balance to be paid upon your receipt of the work.

Concept Development Services (Task Memo, Fiction Technique Memo, Self-Editing Memo): We will bill you for a 50% deposit to be paid before work begins, with the balance to be paid upon your receipt of the work.

Developmental Outline Package: Fee for first 20 hours payable entirely in advance at time of submission. In the event that the work is ongoing after that 20 hours, we will run a tab for you and either send you an invoice or process a debit to card on file for you, whichever you prefer. Ongoing consultation is tracked by the editors and reported for billing every two weeks.

Screenplay Services

Short Critique, Screenplay Evaluation, Detail Notes, Treatment Analysis, Pitch Sheet, Treatment: Payable entirely in advance at time of submission.

Task Memo: We will bill you for a 50% deposit to be paid before work begins, with the balance to be paid upon your receipt of the work.

Line Edit/Polish: We will bill you for a 50% deposit to be paid before work begins, with the balance to be paid upon your receipt of the work.

Developmental Outline Package: Fee for first 20 hours payable entirely in advance at time of submission. In the event that the work is ongoing after 20 hours, we will run a tab for you and either send you an invoice or process a debit to card on file for you, whichever you prefer. Ongoing consultation is tracked by the editors and reported for billing every two weeks.

Screenplay Consultation: The reading fee portion is paid in advance, along with a deposit for approximate expected time on feedback. In the event that the work exceeds this initial deposit or is ongoing, we will run a tab for you and either send you an invoice or process a debit to card on file for you, whichever you prefer. Ongoing consultation is tracked by the editors and reported for billing every two weeks.

Personal Consulting/Coaching: The reading fee portion (if applicable) is paid in advance, along with a deposit commensurate with the expected scope of the work. In the event that the work exceeds this initial deposit or is ongoing, we will run a tab for you and either send you an invoice or process a debit to card on file for you, whichever you prefer. Ongoing consultation is tracked by the editors and reported for billing every two weeks.

Late Payments

Our invoices are payable upon receipt. We reserve the right to assess a late fee of 5% per 30 days for any invoices that are more than 30 days past due.

Regarding Use of PayPal

Please contact the Tucson office if you wish to use PayPal instead of one of our preferred payment methods.