What I do

• Structural Editing - Clarifying and/or reorganizing a manuscript for content and structure.

• Stylistic Editing - Clarifying meaning, eliminating jargon, smoothing language and other non-mechanical line-by-line editing.

• Rewriting - Creating a new manuscript or parts of a manuscript on the basis of content and research supplied by an author.

• Copy Editing - Editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation and other mechanics of style; checking for consistency of mechanics and internal consistency of facts.

• Fact / Reference Checking - Checking accuracy of facts and/or quotes by reference to original sources used by author and/or from other sources.

• Indexing - Producing an alphabetical list of names and places and/or subjects and concepts, etc., that appear in a work.

• Proofreading - Reading proofs of edited manuscripts.
  

(for more details see the Definitions of Editorial Skills of the Editors' Association of Canada)


What I do not do

• I will not edit your academic work if you are studying in a department I teach in, regardless of whether you are in my class or not.

• I will not rewrite student academic work, including theses. The Editors' Association of Canada has well-developed suggested guidelines for theses editing.
  

Work process

• I work mostly in Microsoft Office Word 2003 or 2007, and use track changes for all the edits.
  

• If you want the edits on a hard copy of your manuscript, please mention this in your inquiry. Otherwise, I work on the electronic copy of the manuscript, with the possible exception of manuscript proofs and feedback on layout/design (e.g. brochures, posters, etc).