Seven editing passes in one review. Accept or keep every change.
The conductor, a thin man named Pell, nodded as she passed. Mara kept her bag on her knees and her eyes on the platform clock.
She thought about the night her father left, the shouting, the slammed door, the suitcase she had packed in a hurry, and how every choice since had led her to this train.
The carriage was nearly empty. A man slept against the far window. Mara did not notice the woman across the aisle until the whistle sounded twice, and then she was suddenly very aware of her stare, and it made her feel very uncomfortable.
The woman wore a green coat, she held a paper cup in both hands, like something warm she had been given to keep. Neither of them spoke.
The doors hissed open at Aldgate. “Mind the gap,” said Mr. Peel, and no one moved.
Mara counted the stops on the map above the door. Six more. She had allready counted them twice.
The silence stretched between them like an endless ocean of unspoken sorrow. She pressed her thumb into the seam of her bag and waited for the next announcement.
She looked at the window instead. Her own face looked back at her, pale and tired and small. Behind it the tunnel wall went by in long grey streaks.
The woman in the green coat stood, and Mara's stomach turned over. But she only crossed to the door, held the rail, and got off without a glance.
Mara let out a breath she had not known she was holding. Then the doors closed, and the train moved on.
7 suggestions reviewed across 2 pages. Every accepted change uses your own words, and your voice match held steady.
Every manuscript gets a software-powered first pass tuned by 100+ years of combined publishing experience, with a real human editor a request away whenever you want a second opinion. Start free, upgrade only for what your book needs.
See what's includedPick the level your manuscript needs — from a full structural pass to a final line-by-line proofread. Every suggestion is shown inline, with a reason attached, so you decide what to accept.
Big-picture feedback on plot, pacing, characters, and structure — the pass that happens before line-level polish.
Learn more →Sentence-level suggestions for clarity, flow, and voice, without flattening your style into something generic.
Learn more →Consistency in tense, POV, timeline, and terminology, catching the small contradictions that slip past a first draft.
Learn more →Grammar, punctuation, and spelling suggestions with the reasoning shown, so you learn your own patterns over time.
Learn more →Keeps naming, formatting, and stylistic choices consistent across every chapter of a long manuscript.
Learn more →Flags factual claims, dates, and details worth double-checking before your book goes out into the world.
Learn more →The last read before publishing — typos, formatting slips, and anything earlier passes might have missed.
Learn more →Hand any chapter — or the whole manuscript — to a human editor for a second opinion, right from the editing screen.
Nothing changes without you. Every suggestion is inline and reversible, with full undo/redo as you work.
No mockups here — this is the real flow, screen by screen. Pick a plan below to see its own process end to end.
The editing screen opens on three plans. Pick "Free" and you're in, no card required — this is a real pass on your own opening pages, not a locked-down demo.
Drop in a .docx, .pdf, or .txt file — or auto-load one already saved to your account. Choose which of the six edit types to run on your sample pages.
Every suggestion on your free pass works exactly like the other plans — original line, suggested rewrite, the reason it's flagged, and a check against your own voice fingerprint.
Text past the opening 500 words is blurred and locked — no matter how long the manuscript is. That's the whole free plan; nothing charges automatically.
Folio only edits the opening 500 words for free. Upgrade to Standard to cover the rest.
Liked what you saw? Unlock Standard to run the same passes across the whole manuscript, or hand it to a dedicated human editor instead — both pick up right where the free pass left off.
Pick Standard and the whole manuscript is in scope, however long it is, with no per-chapter add-ons.
Drop in a .docx, .pdf, or .txt file — or auto-load one already saved to your account. Choose which of the six edit types to run and how intense a pass you want, then continue to see your finalized price.
Before anything runs, you review your manuscript and plan. Check out by card, or contact a consultant first if you have questions.
Each suggestion shows the original line next to what's suggested, why it's flagged, and a check against your own voice fingerprint — across the entire manuscript, not just a sample. Accept, keep the original, or skip and come back later.
Once you're through, see how many suggestions you accepted, how many you kept as-is, and how closely the result still matches your voice — then export as Word or PDF, save it to your account, or carry straight on to formatting and publishing.
Skip the software entirely and hand your manuscript to a real, experienced publishing editor who works through it page by page.
A short form — manuscript name and genre are optional, your page count and contact details set up the call, and you pick a date and time that works for you.
You review your manuscript and page count before committing. Check out by card, or contact a consultant first if you have questions.
A real, experienced publishing professional works through your manuscript personally, then sends you the finished draft — by email or straight to your Folio dashboard, whichever you'd rather use.
Download your edited manuscript from the dashboard whenever you're ready, and ask your editor for as many rounds of revision as you need until you're happy with it.
Edit it yourself with Folio's software or hand it to a real editor. No subscriptions, and your book always stays yours.
Yes — no card required. Free runs every editing pass on your first 500 words so you can see the quality of the suggestions on your own writing before deciding on a plan.
Standard is $150 one-time, per book, with no monthly fees. It unlocks every tool for your book: all six editing passes across the whole manuscript, manuscript assessment, book formatting and Cover Studio. The audiobook and marketing tools are included too, and they are charged separately based on your book's length.
The software pass gives you fast, inline suggestions across grammar, style, and structure. The expert editor is a real publishing professional who reviews your manuscript personally and leaves craft-level notes, available on the Humanize plan at $3 per page, or as an add-on any time from the editing screen.
Always. Folio is a tool you use, not a publisher you sign to — you retain 100% of the rights to your manuscript and every file we help you produce.
Yes. The editing screen has full undo/redo with keyboard shortcuts, so you can always step back through your changes.
The software passes are ready in minutes. If you add a Humanize editor, timelines depend on manuscript length, and your Pipeline page shows an estimate once it's underway.
Upload a sample and see the suggestions for yourself — no card, no commitment. Upgrade only when you're ready for the full pass.