General Proofreading & Editing
Although I specialize in manuscripts, teleplays and screen plays, but I also offer general proofreading and editing services for a variety of other content as well.
If it can be read, I can fix it!
My services include:
- Proofreading
- Copyediting
- Line Editing
- Content Editing
- Developmental Editing
I am super-excited to launch some additional services in 2022!
- Manuscript, Teleplay, and Screenplay Consulting
- Coaching
- Online Courses
- Technical Advising
- Publishing
With manuscript, teleplay, and screenplay consulting, I will review and provide detailed notes on characters, storyline, overall consistency, factual accuracy, etc. For manuscripts, I also offer evaluation for the potential of cinematic adaptation for film and/or television.
As a coach, I assist with the writing process. Basically, keeping you on task and on schedule, helping you through writer’s block, facilitating in creative conception, character development, storyline and overall consistency and details, factual accuracy, etc. while proofreading and editing along the way.
I also offer coaching to regular humans too, not just writers
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- Structure, routine, and productivity
- A focus on organization, efficiency, and progress
- Overcoming perfection
I cannot wait to launch the online courses! The first one is scheduled to start mid-January.
As a technical advisor, I will make sure your Western genre portrayal is accurate, genuine and on point, including verbiage, costumes, and equipment, along with general and background details.
We are very excited to be launching our publishing division a little later in the year, offering a self and house publishing packages.
Proofreading is all about finding errors both small and large that were either missed or introduced during editing. This phase ensures that the document’s final draft is completely free of grammatical errors (i.e., subject–verb agreement problems, incorrect word choices, improper punctuation usage, and incorrect spelling, general errors in grammar) as well as formatting and typographical errors.
This phase also ensures that the document adheres to the chosen style, whether it be The Chicago Manual of Style, the AP Stylebook or perhaps the writers own “style guide”.
- Subject–verb agreement problems
- Incorrect word choices
- Improper punctuation
- Incorrect spelling
- General errors in grammar
- Formatting
- Typographical errors
- Style guide consistency
- Improve readability
- Ensure style of writing is consistent
- Text flows organically
- Grammar, punctuation & continuity
- Check for factual accuracy
Copy editing is the stage in which a piece of writing, the “copy,” is reviewed and edited to improve its readability. Copy editors ensure the style of writing is consistent, and that the text flows organically from one sentence to the next. They also check the work for grammar, punctuation, and continuity, providing suggestions on how to best convey the message of the writer. In addition to content editing, copy editors can act as fact-checkers, which is especially necessary if the writing is nonfiction and involves vetting of real information.
Line editing, also referred to as “stylistic editing”, focus’ on preserving and elevating the writers’ style at the sentence and paragraph level; line by line.
Line editing does not focus on structure, plot development, or characterization but tightens sentences through rewriting and reorganization of content.
If there is an issue making a sentence or paragraph difficult to understand, a line editor makes edits so the text reads better, more easily connecting with the reader.
- Flow
- Clarity
- Language
- Redundancies
- Repetition
- Word use
- Inappropriate tone
- Character and plot development
- Argument threads
- Dialogue
- Pace
- Inconsistences in storylines
- Factual errors
- Sections/chapters
- adding, moving, or deleting of text
- plot or character development
- dialog or descriptive text
Content editing focuses on character and plot development, argument threads, dialog, pace, inconsistences in storylines, factual errors, and sections/chapters, offering feedback which may suggest certain passages be rewritten or advice on adding, moving, or deleting of text; or helps with plot or character development via dialog or descriptive text.
Developmental editing is a thorough and in-depth review of your entire manuscript, teleplay or screenplay. It examines all the elements of your writing, from individual words and sentences to overall structure and style. In fiction, this edit will also address any issues related to plot and characterization. Good developmental editing will keep your target audience in mind and assess your work in relation to industry standards and expectations. Only once your manuscript has been revised, reshaped, and developed will it be ready for a copy edit and proofread.
- Subject–verb agreement problems
- Incorrect word choices
- Improper punctuation
- Incorrect spelling
- General errors in grammer
- Formatting
- Typographical errors
- Style guide consistency