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Originally Posted by Keryl Raist
I'm curious as to what sort of editing you're talking about doing where you can only get through 250 words an hour. I'm guessing it's not popular fiction. Even appallingly badly written fiction shouldn't take that long to get through. Not to put to fine a point on it, but for fiction I could re-write the whole page, keeping the original author's voice but improving his grammar and flow faster than that, let alone just make corrections.
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Nonfiction developmental editing can be as slow as 1 page an hour; nonfiction copyediting is generally calculated at a rate of 4 to 7 pages an hour.
Yes, there are editors who skim through everything and can do 10+ pages an hour, but as with everything else, the faster they go the fewer nuances they catch.
As for how fast an editor you are, only you know and only you and your clients know how thorough you are. Personally, I would be leery of an editor who claims to do more than skim reading yet does 10+ pages an hour.
I do not charge by the word (and don't personally know any experienced editors who do), so I have no idea what my per-word rate would be.