Freelance Copy Editors

WordsRU’s team of freelance copy editors and proofreaders is committed to the quality service and edit outcomes we expect for our customers, and each editor has been have been rigorously tested to ensure they meet the standard of professional editing for which we are internationally recognized.   

 

Freelance copy editors

 

"Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it’s just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it."
— Daphne du Maurier (1907 – 1989)

 

 

Our academically qualified, professional experienced freelance copy editors and proofreaders offer help with all your document editing needs whether they be theses, dissertations and essays; business reports, proposals, technical updates and user manuals, personal correspondence as well as letters of all types. They are experienced in the copy editing of manuscripts (in all genres), screenplays, articles and CVs, résumés and personal statements.

 

Our experienced freelance copy editors not only ensure your document is error free, but that it makes the desired impact upon its target readership. They will check your work line by line to ensure correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, tense and sentence structure. Your text will be clear, concise and consistent, and in appropriate tone and style. Editing can be to British, American, Australian or Canadian English and we will check for compliance with your nominated citation style including APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago and many others.

 

Your edited document or manuscript will be returned in two formats; a marked changes version showing the changes made and a revised ‘clean’ file that incorporates those changes along with editor comments, helpful feedback and suggestions as appropriate.

 

Copy editors are not proofreaders although that function is most often included in the scope of their work, as are many other elements such as content organization, writing and rewriting (the last three do not apply to our academic editing), layout and typographical considerations. Simplifying otherwise wordy prose, tightening up the flow of the material and improving transitions are also part of a copy editor’s skills.

 

The academically qualified, professional editors at WordsRU are committed to achieving the best possible outcome for your document. They consider your work in overview, assessing its impact upon your audience, and will give you valuable feedback and, if applicable, suggestions for improvement. Here are some points to ponder regarding WordsRU’s freelance copy editors:

 

  • They approach your writing with complete impartiality, as though it is being read from the perspective of your intended audience or, in the case of a manuscript, your agent, publisher or reader. 

  • Overwrought prose, dissonance, ambiguity, spelling errors, inappropriate tone and style are quickly recognized are repaired.  

  • Poor word choice, awkward phrasing, incorrect punctuation are reviewed word by word, line by line and edited to achieve the clarity, consistency and excellent readability of your document. They spot problems, especially English grammar problems that are missed by most writers (even the most successful of published authors make mistakes).

  • Being a good teacher of English or ESL, with the ability to write a novel or a report is not necessarily conducive to being a good editor (editors draw on quite different skills).    

  • Invariably documents and manuscripts contain errors — it is the work of a copy editor to spot and remove those errors.  

 

WordsRU Proofreading and Editing Services:

 

 

WordsRU's freelance copy editors will ensure that your documents are edited to attract the highest possible quality outcomes.

 

 


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