Edit Like a Boss: The Complete 8-Pass AI Editing System for Fiction Authors (Plus the Ninth Pass That Cannot Be Outsourced)

Stop asking AI to "edit this chapter." Start editing like a professional.



Most authors using AI to edit their manuscripts are doing it wrong.

They paste a chapter into Claude or ChatGPT or whatever they're using, type "edit this chapter," and call it done. The AI does something. Smooths some sentences. Maybe catches a typo. Hands it back looking a little shinier.

The author thinks, great, that's done.

It is not done. Not even close.

After publishing 20+ books across multiple pen names — every one of them edited with AI — I've built a 9-pass editing system that takes a rough first draft to a publishable manuscript. Not "AI-cleaned." Not "good enough." Publishable. Tight. Professional. Sounding like YOU wrote it, not like an AI assembled it.

Edit Like a Boss is the editing part of that system.

What's Inside

The 8-Pass AI System (Your Fiction Skill Editor):

1. Quality Check — basic prose, tone, outline adherence, AI-isms
2. Plot Hole Checker — logic gaps, character knowledge, setup/payoff
3. Timeline Consistency — days, weeks, seasons, travel time, character ages
4. Line Edit — weak verbs, filter words, echoes, banned list
5. Dialogue Polish — distinct voices, subtext, banter
6. Heat Scene Edit — emotion over mechanics, voice during intimacy
7. Developmental Edit (The Slash Editor) — does this scene EARN its place?
8. Voice Audit — pen name calibration, AI drift detection

Plus Pass 9: YOU The human pass that cannot be outsourced. Read aloud. Gut check. Brand check. Reader handoff test. Final decision call. With a built-in framework for deciding when to also bring in a paid editor.

What You Get

• The complete eBook — covering every pass in depth, with the actual prompts, before/after examples, common pitfalls, and the full workflow
• The ELAB Claude Skill — A complete Claude skill file you install once. Triggers the 8-pass system on command. ($97 value alone)

Who This Is For

Fiction authors who use AI in their writing process and want to produce publishable-quality manuscripts — not AI-sounding first drafts they then spend weeks manually fixing.

Whether you write romance, thriller, fantasy, historical, or contemporary fiction, the system adapts to your genre and pen name.

You do NOT need to use Claude specifically. The system is platform-agnostic. (I use Claude. I recommend Claude. The book explains why. But you can run the system on any LLM.)

Who This Is NOT For

Authors who want AI to write the book for them with zero editing involvement. This is a professional editing workflow, not a magic button.

What Makes This Different

Most AI editing advice boils down to "here is a prompt for editing." One prompt. One pass. Output is fine. Generic. Slightly better than what you started with.

This system treats editing the way a professional editorial team does — with specialists. Each pass has a specific job and specific criteria. The order prevents rework. The prompts prevent AI drift. The final pass — YOU — protects what's yours.

The result: manuscripts that sound like YOU wrote them, not like an AI assembled them.

This is part one of that process. Look for Part 2: The Infastructure and Part 3: Cross LLM Editing Tool Set Up