Editorial Services
Copyediting
I will correct all grammar, punctuation, usage, spelling, and formatting in accordance with Chicago Manual of Style. If you need me to use another style such as MLA or Turabian, just let me know. I will create a style sheet for your document that I will follow and give to you, so you understand the changes I will make to your document.
My fee is $0.005-0.01 per word.
For example,
Light Editing involves:
*These examples are taken from The Copyeditor’s Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications by Amy Einsohn.
Proofreading
If you have read your document one too many times, let me proofread it for you. I will have fresh eyes and a fresh perspective. I will check for last minute spelling errors and grammar errors. I will check your final draft against the pre-published version to make sure everything has been changed as it should be.
My fee is $0.005-0.01 per word
Copyediting
I will correct all grammar, punctuation, usage, spelling, and formatting in accordance with Chicago Manual of Style. If you need me to use another style such as MLA or Turabian, just let me know. I will create a style sheet for your document that I will follow and give to you, so you understand the changes I will make to your document.
My fee is $0.005-0.01 per word.
For example,
Light Editing involves:
- Correcting all indisputable errors in grammar, syntax and usage, but ignore any locution that is not an outright error.
- Point out paragraphs that seem egregiously wordy or convoluted, but do not revise.
- Ignore minor patches of wordiness, imprecise wording, and jargon.
- Ask for clarification of terms likely to be new to readers.
- Correct all errors in grammar, syntax, and usage. Point out or revise any infelicities.
- Point out any patches that seem wordy or convoluted and supply suggested revisions.
- Ask for or supply definitions of terms likely to be new to readers.
- Correct all errors and infelicities in grammar, syntax, and usage.
- Rewrite any wordy or convoluted patch.
- Ask for or supply definitions of terms likely to be new to readers.
*These examples are taken from The Copyeditor’s Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications by Amy Einsohn.
Proofreading
If you have read your document one too many times, let me proofread it for you. I will have fresh eyes and a fresh perspective. I will check for last minute spelling errors and grammar errors. I will check your final draft against the pre-published version to make sure everything has been changed as it should be.
My fee is $0.005-0.01 per word