To ensure you present your best possible work, it is essential to have it edited by a professional academic editor before submission.
Every academic submission, doctoral thesis, peer-reviewed journal article, and nonfiction book or academic trade crossover benefits from being edited for structural and developmental flow, clear presentation, cohesive voice, and a clean, authoritative, and immersive reading environment.
Note: substantive editing for undergraduate writers is available as a “flag-not-fix” option; line and copy editing may be provided with express advisor permission.
Editors are able to provide more extensive editing on post-doctoral and professor-written manuscripts.
Guidelines for best practices for how students should collaborate with academic coaches and editors are available HERE.
Identify the structural integrity of the manuscript, flow, and pacing; ensure overall clarity of ideas and linear presentation, and flag gaps and redundancies. Editor will commonly provide margin notes to the author to ask questions or offer alternatives
Ensure the sentences are cohesive and fluid, reveal the information cogently and clearly, and the language is dynamic and clear; copy edit for correct use of grammar, punctuation, and syntax, standardization, and clarity
Comb through each word to find last errors, correct inconsistencies, and adjust typos or formatting mistakes.
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Unless your manuscript is extremely short or is less than 15 pages and requires only proofreading, in which case a 1-hour Block may be sufficient, you may wish to begin with either a 3-hour Introductory Block (for new clients only) or a 5-hour Block. This will ensure your editor either has enough time to properly undertake the level of edit on your shorter manuscript, or it will enable them to begin the work on your longer manuscript.
If your editor doesn’t need the full 5 hours to do the requested work, you will be refunded the remaining unused time less any applicable payment processing fees.
We want to make sure that each client signs on for the ideal service to help their manuscript. Check out our Editing Services to see which level of editing would best apply.
If you are still not sure, once you meet with your editor, you can express your concerns and ask questions before they begin. They will review a section and advise you as to which level of edit the manuscript would benefit from, while considering your goals for the work, timeline, and budgetary expectations.
Your editor will start their work by completion a 3-hour introductory block. They will return this back to you to assess and from this, you should be able to estimate the total cost of the project based on how many pages they were able to do in this time.
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