I CAN HELP

  • Clarify your thoughts
  • Create readable copy
  • Clean up internal inconsistencies
  • Eliminate jargon
  • Ensure that your work adheres to specific style guides
  • Fine tune language after translation
  • Smooth out and organize structural problems

TYPES OF EDITS

  • Substantive edits (structural edits)
  • Stylistic edits
  • Copy edits

Substantive editing, or structural editing, is the first step in the editing process and focuses on the argument, narrative, content, organization, and structure of the text. (Description adapted from the EAC website.)

Stylistic editing, or line editing, focuses on readability and clarity of your language. Here, I attend to the non-mechanical aspects of your writing like how smoothly it reads. I would also highlight run-on sentences, word choice issues, shifts in tone, repetition, problematic phrasing, eliminate jargon, etc.

This step is particularly useful for writers and translators just getting comfortable writing in English.

Copy editing corrects syntax, punctuation, grammar, spelling, and other mechanical aspects of writing. This step cleans up your writing and ensures that it adheres to style expectations. (Rules of spelling and punctuation, for example, can differ between British, Canadian, and American styles.)

EDITING OF

all types of copy edits: fiction, non-fiction, articles, monographs/books, essays, conference papers, dissertations, and theses for print, online, and self-publication.

SUBJECTS INCLUDE

archaeology, ancient history, biography, biology, business, Canadian literature, chemistry, children’s literature, criticism, critical race studies, communications, cultural studies, Dalit literature, development, East Asian studies, ecology, education, English as a second language, environmental studies, evolution, experimental writing, fiction, film studies, gender, genetics, geography, health, healthcare, history, humanities, identity, intersectionality, Indigenous studies, Japanese studies, journalism, Korean studies, literature, literary theory, medicine, memoir, Mennonite history, mental health, natural sciences, non-fiction, nursing, nutrition, physiology, poetry, psychology, religious studies, representation, sex (and gender), science fiction and fantasy, small business, social and political thought, South Asian literature (in English), Sufism, translations, young adult literature.

Experienced with style guides including:

  • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Canadian Press (CP)
  • Chicago Manual of Style (CMoS)
  • Modern Languages Association (MLA) Style Manual
  • New Oxford Style Manual (New Hart’s Rules)

Skills

  • Excellent grasp of academic, theoretical, and scientific language for intensive edits
  • Communicative approach to editing your work
  • Meets deadlines
  • Statistics competency
  • Experience with translation and transliteration