Editing
Fact: Content that’s edited well grabs attention.
Editing for a website is no different than editing for print. The goal is to attract your audience’s attention and keep it. I work one-on-one with you – and even line-by-line – until your work is clear, concise, and brimming with just the right amount of personality.
The Eloquent Word specializes in:
Proofreading
At this point, your work has already been copyedited and formatted. I am looking for spelling errors, punctuation misses, and grammar wrongs.
- checking and correcting:
- formatted and edited material for accuracy and typing errors
- text and images so that they match a specified design
- spelling and other minor mechanical errors in text
Copyediting
Copyediting is proofreading plus. This is where I hunt for awkward wording, tense problems, sentence structure issues, and overall consistency. Think of me as your writing coach.
- checking and correcting:
- grammar, spelling, punctuation, usage, and other mechanics of style
- consistency of facts
- the hierarchy of headings and subheadings
- the placement of graphs, tables, maps, and other images
- use of metrics or imperial systems
- the system of citation (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc)
- title page; contents page; list of tables, figures, and maps; acknowledgements page
Stylistic Editing
- clarifying meaning
- polishing language
- line-by-line readability and flow
Structural Editing
- assessing and helping to shape text and images in order to improve organization, content, and relevance to the intended audience
- content imbalance
- bias
- language
Favourites
- articles destined for general interest and niche magazines
- academic journal articles (idea development; clarity)
- lifestyle
- food
- drink
- business
- IT services
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