Editing & Proofreading

Copy editing involves a detailed review of the manuscript for grammar, punctuation, and syntax. I also check for consistency in spelling, capitalization, and word usage. Finally, I verify that your manuscript adheres to a particular style guide (I use the Chicago Manual of Style), ensuring that your writing is clear, concise, and error-free.

Line editing focuses on creativity and readability at the sentence, paragraph, and scene levels to elevate your prose and find plot and story inconsistencies. This doesn’t mean I’m going to change your story. I can identify and help fix issues such as overused words and phrases, clunky sentence structure, weak scene transitions, shifts in tense, and character points of view.