Editing services
Writing is a solitary business, but no writer should go it alone.
Behind every great writer is a great editor. Even though the writing process includes much solitary time for thought and reflection, and time for generating the sentences and paragraphs of the text, there comes a point where dialog with an editor is the next necessary step. No matter how well we know our subject matter, we can only read with our own eyes. We’re writing to share our ideas with an audience. An editor should be an ambassador who represents and understands our future readers .
An editor should be the first of many readers.
People often imagine great writers have produced their best work in one flowing movement of the pen without any need for editing or revision. This mistaken idea about writing may exist because most readers only encounter a text in its final, polished form. The reading public never sees the incomplete ideas, imperfect sentences, and unnecessary paragraphs that appeared in an original draft along with that draft’s best potential insights and expressions. A good editor can reduce a sprawling sentence to its eloquent essence. A great editor can read your writing and see what you’re aiming for, even when you can’t see it yourself.
Let me help your work find its best form of expression.
Are you at the beginning of an idea, but you don’t know how to plan it out so that it becomes a completed, written expression of your thought? Or perhaps you’re at a stage in your writing where you’re well on your way, but now you’ve started running into dead ends, and you feel you’re not making progress. Or, your work could be in its final stages, where your article or manuscript seems nearly complete, but still needs insightful feedback to help it take on the clear, elegant form it deserves. In these cases an editor could provide you with the support that elevates your writing, giving your ideas their best chance to reach their audience.