In fiction,
substantive editing focuses on things like structure, character, mood, style, and other elements that help deliver effective storytelling.
Developmental editing is also referred to as
substantive editing focuses more on development and organization of the project while Comprehensive Dissertation Copy - Editing deals with style, convention, and grammar.
Not exact matches
Christina
focuses on providing manuscript evaluations and
substantive editing, i.e. looking at the structure and pacing of a story.
It's a good complement to WordRake, which
focuses more on
substantive edits to clarify writing.