The Story Mapping Package is a comprehensive developmental editing experience. This service combines traditional editorial feedback with visual tools to help you better understand the structure, characters, and continuity of your story.
I recommend this service for two different types of writers:
Visual thinkers who understand their stories best when they can see feedback for their characters and story mapped out scene by scene
Pantsers who may not have outlined their stories and characters (and find the process dreadful)
In addition to everything you’d receive in a standard developmental edit, the Story Mapping Package includes two visual organization tools:
Narrative Matrix
A reverse outline of your manuscript that breaks down the external plot and internal arc by scene. This matrix also…
Looks at the placement of structural milestones
Identifies the specific stakes and tension level for each scene
Highlights scenes where nothing structurally pushes the narrative forward
Exposes pacing flaws and narrative threads that pause or drop off
Continuity Tracker
This is a tool that helps look at your worldbuilding from another angle, including:
A matrix that tracks the precise progression of time (whether that’s days of the week, countdown to an event, or managing fictional seasons)
A list of each location's name, geographical rules, and physical descriptions
Worldbuilding rules, their explanation and exceptions or limitations to the rule
Continuity log, highlighting details throughout your manuscript such as injuries or character backgrounds that may influence events in the plot
