Substantive

A comprehensive edit of your work, focusing on language issues and organization of existing content at the paragraph-by-paragraph level. Editor will flag or make suggestions regarding

  • Attending to issues related to general, mechanical copyediting
  • Smoothing transitions; reorganizing, tightening, rephrasing, trimming, or suggesting rewrites of sentences or paragraphs for readability and flow
  • Identifying and offering suggestion on overall clarity; querying the Author about inconsistencies or passages/plot points that need clarifying
  • Flagging names, locations, dates, and sources, etc., for fact-checking/confirmation by the Author
  • Identifying and solving problems of overall clarity or accuracy to eliminate ambiguity