Manuscript Editors

Above all things, a love of the well-written word . . . .

 

A manuscript is a handwritten work (these days, a typescript) to be submitted for publication. Once published it becomes a book or a text.  Editors are the bridge between the two. Most manuscript editors - book editors are lifelong readers with a love of books and many have a degree in the arts. Their eclectic reading habits over the years have resulted in a love of the well-written word and this is certainly the case with WordsRU’s professional manuscript editors.

 

WordsRU - manuscript editors

 

 

"A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident."
- W. Somerset Maugham
Summing Up, 1938

 

However, that degree could equally be in communication, law, mathematics, computers, engineering, music, science or any one of the many other disciplines that are dependent upon les mots justes – the right, precise words, or combination of words – to distinguish writing in those fields in such a way that it becomes memorable to generations of readers.    

 

WordsRU’s editors are often the first impartial audience for a manuscript and the insights gained by the authors of those manuscripts as a result of the editing process can be invaluable for the work at hand, not to mention subsequent writing.  Perhaps this will become clearer if we give you a brief idea of what editors actually do with your manuscript.

 

What do manuscript editors do?

 

  • Editors check your manuscript for grammatical, spelling, punctuation, tense and typographical errors.

  • Editors look at your word choice and sentence structure.

  • Editors copy edit — they read every line, word by individual word and remove those that may be unnecessary, ambiguous or not adding to your narrative. They look at sentences, their rhythm and flow. They check for repetitiousness and lapses in clarity, continuity and consistency.

  • With a substantive edit, editors consider the work in overview, its balance and structure, and whether the work is being presented in the best possible way. They make sure that the development of your manuscript is sound and free from any dangling sub-plots or issues, or other loose ends or sagging mid-sections. They consider the overall style, rhythm and pace of the work and whether it is appropriate to the narrative or discussion and the way it unfolds for your readers.

 

An astonishingly wide variety of manuscripts are submitted annually to WordsRU for editing. Their authors rely on our team of professional editors to not only grammar check their work, but to ensure all these aspects are doing justice to your concept. Authors, many of whom have had several books published after being edited by WordsRU’s editors, also rely on the discernment of our editors to recognize the subtle nuances that need to be teased out of a manuscript to make it shine, to make it stand out — to give it the all-important winning edge.

 

WordsRU’s team of online editors is experienced in the editing manuscripts, books and texts in all genres. Their specialized academic training, excellent general knowledge and extensive life experiences combine to bring a sensitivity and heightened awareness to their editing of your work. They sense what it is you are trying to say but perhaps cannot find the right words to express; they recognize the hidden gem that may be languishing within a serpentine sentence or the exciting development waiting to gather momentum in a way that will excite your readers once the extraneous has been discarded.

 

WordsRU’s professional manuscript editors make the difference – the difference that transforms your manuscript into a book.  

 


Outstanding: with three agents already looking at the manuscript edited by WordsRU, I'm confident my book will get published. Richard was awesome! Every e-mail was answered quickly and he offered some advice to the script I would have never thought of! Thank you for a job greatly done! *
S.W. Dittrich


 

* All testimonials have been supplied with the approval of the writers.

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