The nitty-gritty editing. I’ll make your text smooth, clear, clean, and consistent.

• Make the writing flow well, ensuring tone is appropriate for the audience. I excel at editing for plain language.
• Ensure consistency in spelling, number style, punctuation, capitalization, and a million other details that only people like me love to think about.
• Correct grammar, but without being pedantic. (Yes, Miss Thistlebottom, we CAN start a sentence with a conjunction!)

The final check. Proofreading happens after layout — when the edited text has been designed in its final form.

• Flag mistakes that escaped notice in editing or were introduced in design.
• Ensure page numbering is correct, including table of contents and cross-references.
• Check that photos and tables are correctly placed and properly captioned.

For those critical first impressions. If you’re applying for a job or a grant, turn me loose on your proposal, application, CV, or résumé.

• Make sure your (or your project’s) strengths are clear and boldly emphasized to stand out from the crowd.
• Reduce word counts as needed.
• Make the document clear, concise, and correct, with every i dotted and t crossed.

Time-consuming, sometimes tedious, but important tasks. I can take chores like these off your hands:

• Check facts, dates, quotations, and more.
• Provide background research on almost any topic.
• Check reference details, format the references, or even develop the reference list.