How to Hire an Editor

As a general rule, developmental edits cost more than copy edits which cost more than proofreading. Spend a couple hundred dollars paying for the paid version of grammar leave if you write nonfiction or pro writing aid if you write fiction. The fewer things the humans need to fix, the less you have to pay. And I have a whole blog and episode about AI tools for writers that goes into more details of the AI tools that you can use to improve your writing.