Editing Samples
Instead of viewing the published versions of a text, you can see some of the behind-the-scenes edits that went into a piece.
This student wanted to repurpose her capstone paper for her application to the Harvard Divinity School. After rewriting and revising, she sent it to me for copyediting.
Service: Academic copyediting
Considerations: Edits were provided in Google Docs using the suggesting tool. Due to her tight schedule, our goal was to polish this paper, not to offer major revisions.
These students wrote their program admission essays but needed someone to organize their thoughts and polish their grammar and punctuation.
Service: Substantive editing and copyediting (custom project).
Considerations: Edits provided by using the track changes tools in Microsoft Word. Special care was taken to use the applicants' own words so the content is true to them.
NeurologyNews
This press release and neurology newsletter article was drafted by the doctors involved and sent for substantive editing and copyediting.
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Service: Academic substantive editing and copyediting.
Considerations: Edits provided by using the track changes tools in Microsoft Word. As this article contains a lot of specialized terms and scientific knowledge, care was taken to not misrepresent or change any medical facts without querying the physicians or performing extensive research. Also, since the audience for this article is the general public, edits to clarify and simplify the content were made.
As managing editor for this online publication, I performed substantive edits and any remaining copyedits that were necessary.
Service: Academic substantive editing
Considerations: Edits provided by using the suggesting tool in Google Docs. Here you can see efforts to reduce nominalizations and cleft structures as well as improve readability and cohesion.