Copyediting and Proofreading Services

Your credibility is important to you, and you want your content to be error-free.

We all make typos and gaffes; we all could use another set of eyes to catch them.

Before you hit publish or print or post, l’ll be those eyes, ensuring your content is clear and your credibility intact.

“Mary helps me say what I meant to say the first time around.”

—Christine Kole MacLean, award-winning author of YA fiction and children’s books

Copyediting

Copyediting gets your content closer to a final draft. It’s a thorough read-through, watching for:

  • Spelling/typos

  • Grammar (subject/verb agreement; punctuation)

  • Typography/formatting

    AND

  • Style consistency (capitalization; punctuation; your particular style, and/or AP Stylebook or Chicago Manual of Style)

  • Clarity (sentence structure; paragraph ordering)

  • Syntax (phrasing; sentence rhythm)

  • Word choice

  • Cross-referencing of details like dates, names, data, facts

 

Proofreading

Proofreading is the final, thorough review of your content to ensure it’s ready for your readers. It’s the last look for:

  • Spelling/typos

  • Grammar (subject/verb agreement; punctuation)

  • Typography/formatting