Our Editing Services
It’s your style. We enhance it.
Whether you’re writing a novel, a website, an article, or a business document, we provide meticulous editing, copy editing and/or proofreading at all stages of development. Our specialty includes thorough editing and proofreading of:
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Novels, textbooks, short stories, and memoirs, prior to publishing
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Query letters and synopses
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Written articles, poetry, and stories
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Marketing materials and website copy
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Corporate documents and reports
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PowerPoint and business sales presentations
We can guide authors through the publication process, whether they seek to publish through an agent or prefer to self-publish. We can also help authors create effective query letters and synopses, develop personal bios and summaries for a book cover, and create discussion questions for a book.
Proofreading Versus Editing
Proofreading identifies:
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Punctuation, spelling, and grammatical errors
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Typographical errors
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Formatting inconsistencies
Basic copy editing includes proofreading as well as consistency of:
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Audience suitability
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Clarity of concepts
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Content continuity
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Formatting
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Gender neutrality
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Word usage
Heavy copy editing includes basic copywriting, plus identifying
problems with:
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Narrative flow
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Organizational structure
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Sentence structure
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Dialogue
Developmental editing involves partial rewriting. In addition to heavy copy editing, developmental editing includes checking for holes or weaknesses in the plot, analyzing characterizations, ensuring correct point of view usage, and identifying areas to add and/or delete.