Editing Services
I offer a full range of editing services, including the following:
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I also offer the following editorial services:
- Substantive editing
- Structural (developmental) editing: Assessing and shaping text for structure, organization, flow, and other big-picture issues.
- Stylistic (line) editing: Editing at the sentence level to improve clarity and flow; refining the level of language to fit the audience and genre.
- Copy editing: Editing for correctness in spelling, grammar, and punctuation; ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency of editorial style.
- Proofreading: Analyzing text in its final typeset form for typographical or layout errors.
Not sure what kind of editing you need? Check out these examples of the different levels of editing.
I also offer the following editorial services:
- Writing: Sales copy, website content, newsletters, communications, press releases, report narratives from interview notes and behavioural observations.
- Canadianizing: Adapting text for use in a Canadian market.
- Comparison reading: Comparing two versions of a document side-by-side to locate changes or inconsistencies.
- Fact checking: Checking accuracy of facts by consulting original sources or other reference materials.
- Plain language editing: Editing to explain concepts as clearly and directly as possible; editing for lower-literacy readers.