|
You might be surprised at how much the way your
words look can affect the way they sound. No matter
what stage your manuscript or document is in, it should
be formatted according to standard guidelines. It
will pass in front of the eyes of many people throughout
its production life: professors, publishing representatives,
literary agents, your friends and family, business
associates, clients, designers, legal professionals,
policymakers and other decision-making entities, researchers,
students, all who need to read it without being distracted
by substandard format.
The high quality Formatting service helps
ensure that your work shouts to all who need to read
it, "I'm a professional!" Dr. Pryor will professionally
prepare your work according to standard publishing
guidelines or your particular style guide*
by:
- Setting consistent margins, line spacing, and
font styles
- Formatting chapter starts, headers and footers,
and page numbers
- Creating and applying special formats for block
quotations, lists, and works cited or references
pages, etc.
- Inserting a copyright page, a table of contents,
and other front or back matter, if applicable
- Inserting appropriate section breaks and page
breaks
- And more, to help you perfect your project and
show off your best!
"Some" Examples of Errors,
Issues, or Problems Looked For According to Professional
Editing Service Requested For Your Particular Project:
| Proofreading/Light Editing And Other Projects
|
 |
Grammar
Subject/verb agreement |
|
Punctuation
Proper use of periods, semicolons, commas,
etc Comma splices and sentence fragments
|
|
Spelling
Commonly misspelled words (embarrass; receive)
Usage mistakes (here for hear; principal
for principle) Consistency throughout (boo-boos
or booboos) Typos |
|
Basic Formatting
Same-level headings capitalized consistently
Standardized format used for dates, numbers,
etc. Conformance to style guidelines*(see
examples of style guides supported below)
|
|
| Copyediting/Heavy Editing And Substantive
Editing/Rewriting Projects (Errors, issues, or
problems described above plus the following examples
of style and grammar problems.) |
|
Ambiguous
References
Original: Tracy cut the article out of the
magazine and tossed it in the recycle bin.
Revision: Tracy tossed the magazine in the
recycle bin after cutting out the article.
|
|
Awkward Transitions
Original: Dr. Jellinger's legs hurt from
walking all day. He sat on the bench.
Revision: Dr. Jellinger's legs hurt from
walking all day, so he sat on the bench.
|
|
Passive
Voice
Original: He was gratified by their praise.
Revision: Their praise gratified him. |
|
Wordiness
Original: Many of those ideas Jennifer barely
understood and they sounded absurd since
it felt to her that no one in their right
mind would ever have thought such a thing
without being told to. [34 words]
Revision: Jennifer barely understood many
of those ideas and felt no right-minded
person would think such absurd things without
prompting. [19 words] |
|
| Substantive Editing/Rewriting Projects (Errors,
issues, or problems described above plus the following
examples of content problems.) |
|
Clarity
Is the meaning clear at first reading? |
|
Flow of Ideas
Do thoughts flow logically? Would paragraph
7 make more sense if it were above paragraph
4? |
|
| *Style Guides Supported by Dr. Barbara K.
Pryor |
|
American
Psychological Association (APA) |
|
Modern Language Association
(MLA) |
|
"Bluebook:"
Uniform System of Citation (Legal Citation)
|
|
Chicago Manual of Style |
|
Turabian
|
|
Style Guide Preferred For
Your Particular Project (if any, please
request**see more details in How to Order
& Rates section) |
|
| Other
Professional Editing Services |
|
|
|
Click
here