Types of Editing
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
Albert Einstein
Every writer, however accomplished, will benefit from the help of an experienced editor. AI might be an attractive shortcut, but it is imprecise and generic. The hallmark of exceptional writing is the ability to communicate with precision and personality. Your audience deserves to hear your voice, at its best. Read below to find out about Find the Right Word’s accessible editing options.
What type of editing do you need?
Academic and non-fiction copyediting, stylistic editing, and proofreading services provide style guide adherence, fact checking, grammatical corrections, redundancy check, syntax, and formatting advice, with a choice of single or multiple revisions and level of feedback. This kind of editing is also called line editing, and it ensures that your text is completely free of errors, and that your writing is as clear and concise as possible. The editing does not involve development of content or argument
Developmental and structural content editing services provide the author with multiple rounds of feedback at every stage in the writing process. The feedback focuses on content, structure, flow, syntax, argument coherence, repetition, and audience-appropriate language, all while retaining your voice. The editor will meet you wherever you are in your writing process, whether it is the idea stage or well into drafting your manuscript. This is not editing suitable to rush jobs.
Writing tutorials provide the writer with the opportunity to work through a writing project while gaining one-on-one English language writing advice, targeted to the writer’s specific audience and needs. Tutorials can take place over Zoom, by phone, or in person.
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