Editing Samples

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• Books • E-books • Magazines • Newsletters • Web Sites
• Advertising Ads for printed material, web sites, pay per click, banners, etc.
• Financial Statements • Business Communications
• Personal Letters • Resumes

WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU:

I can edit, write, rewrite, and transform poorly written, incomplete, or confusing material into professional documents, preparing them for web sites and/or publishing. I make sure that your written material makes sense; narrative is sequential; and information, sections, and chapters are relative, logical, and used in context.

All editing work is completed according to the English and grammar rules as specified in The Gregg Reference Manual. Spelling, word usage, and word breaks (hyphens) conform to either the American Heritage Dictionary or The Webster Intercollegiate Dictionary, unless we agree otherwise.

Editing may be on hard copy or in Microsoft Word. See editing samples below.

Editing, Proofreading, Writing, Rewriting

SKILLS:

• Extraordinary command of the English language: grammar, syntax, semantics, spelling, punctuation.

• Proficient at checking for clarity, coherence, consistency, effectiveness, and style.

• A stickler when it comes to format retention. Familiar with Gregg Reference Manual, The Chicago Manual of Style, Turabian, MLA, APA, Campbell formats.

• Get the job done, meet deadlines.

• Organizational, methodical, analytical, creative, consistent.

• Excellent written communication skills.

• Experienced in editing virtually every type of visual communication (see list).

Editing Samples

This is a view of an original page containing numerous errors. Click the thumbnail to enlarge.

This is a scan of the same page shown at the left. It is manually edited showing needed corrections. Click the thumbnail to enlarge.

This is the same page again, but showing editing corrections in one of several editing views available in Microsoft Word. Click the thumbnail to enlarge.

Click the thumbnails to see full-sized editing views
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A printed sample from a poem book we typeset.

EDITING SERVICES:

Proofreading: Your material will be checked for spelling, punctuation, and grammar. It does not include correcting sentence structure or rewriting.

Copy Editing (Basic): Includes the features of Proofreading above (spelling, punctuation, and grammar) plus checking for correct word usage, clarity, concept (is material relevant to the topic?) and consistency (is material logical and orderly?). Copy Editing does not include correcting sentence structure or rewriting sentences or paragraphs. It does include cluing you as to what rewriting may be needed, where, and why and giving you the option to do the rewriting yourself, or having me do it for you at an additional charge.

Developmental Editing: Includes all of the features of Proofreading and Copy Editing above, plus correcting sentence structure, format, and style. Poorly written, incomplete, or confusing sentences will be rewritten transforming your document into a professionally written document. Major portions (chapters or sections) that might need rewriting are not automatically rewritten. Instead you will be clued that this needs to be done and why, giving you the option of doing the rewriting yourself, or having me do it for you at an additional charge.

EDITING EXPERIENCE:

To see a list of completed editing projects, click here.