Any stage of writing or editing can loop back into another, but developmental editing is always the first place to start.
Arguments, ideas, examples get explored, challenged, and pushed to their limits so that the strong "stuff" of a project is ready for the next phase.
Once you have the basic elements in place, structural editing finds their ideal arrangement.
With parts in hand, we're engineers taking apart your prototype and putting it back together until everything works.
Rhythm, balance and flow are delicate qualities. They emerge when interlocking words, sentences, and ideas are micro-brushed to perfection.
We go line by line to review the weight and feel of every word, comma, and conjunction.
Proofreading is the easiest part of the process because the text will be structurally finished, already polished, and enjoyable to read.
And it's the most difficult, because those same traits make it easy to skim past small errors. We don't skim.
Sometimes a website looks great, but the words are stale. Or a team's halfway through a project when the creative well runs dry.
We can energize your text! (and it's quicker, easier, and cheaper than starting from scratch.)
Book projects, poems, cover letters, research statements, graduate application essays, the memoir you always dreamed of writing...
We'll cheer you through the grind like a friend, mentor, counselor, and teacher who wants to see you win.
