Editing Services

Editing Services we provide:

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Developmental Editing – Most Substantive – Top-Tier

– Helps your writing stand out with clarity, purpose, and continuity
– Provides feedback on structure, content, and overarching themes of your writing
– Offers questions, comments, and concerns that would stand out to a general reader

– Focus is on pacing, character development, identifying opportunities to strengthen plot or narrative to make it more
– Combs document for consistency (including names, dates, chapter titles, a character’s eye colour from one chapter to the next, etc.)
Final decisions on every detail from small to large are always up to the author.
N.B. – Developmental editing should be done BEFORE proofreading (spelling, grammar, punctuation, and the like), so that a final version can be completed and so that proofreading does not need to occur twice or more. (Which would incur additional charges beyond initial quote and pricing). Any additional modifications and/or edits after the second read-through would incur additional expenses and/or charges billed on an hourly rate.

 

Line Editing - Mid-Tier

–Ensures consistency of the language used within the writing at the paragraph and sentence levels

– Detailed edits to improve clarity and flow; offer word suggestions as well as identifying grammatical errors

–Think of this as a more enhanced version of copy-editing but not as substantive as developmental editing
– Helps ensure that the story or the content is the focus of the manuscript
– Checks that writing is internally and logically consistent, following from what comes before it and leading clearly into what comes after it
– Eliminates repetitive words or phrases, and streamlines the use of formal vs. informal writing structures
– Points out the need for transitions, elimination of run-on sentences, missing words, or elimination of excess words
 

 

Proofreading, or Copy-Editing: Basic Level

– Focuses on all matters of grammar, spelling, and punctuation
– Includes word and phrase consistency
– Corrects style, syntax, and paragraph formatting issues
– Helps the author finalize documents so that they are suitable for publishing

– Focus is on minor style issues – think of this as polishing rather than making significant changes to the writing as a whole

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French-Language Editing

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English-to-French and French-to-English Translations

We also provide combinations of the above types of editing.