Editing Quotations

You’re welcome to contact me early, even before the text is complete, to discuss your editing needs and make sure of my availability. And if you need a quick turnaround, I can most often make that happen.

When you ask for a quotation, please tell me about:

1. The subject (examples: an academic paper; a dissertation; a novel).
2. The target audience. (A journal for publication; a grant committee; the general public following a design hearing; the prospective design client, your book’s genre).
3. The delivery format. (A Word document with tracked changes; an edited Google doc, an Indesign layout for self-printing).
4. The project’s current status (a rough draft of a journal article; a thesis that needs some writing assistance; a novel that’s been redrafted, received beta reader feedback and is ready for an editing polish).
5. Current wordcount, and any word-count limits required by publishers.
6. Your expectations for the level of editing required.
7. Your timeline.

Sample edit:

Following your initial request, I welcome you to solicit a sample edit. I will edit up to 1000 words of your document (depending on its overall length, a shorter sample may be more appropriate.) This will give you feedback on the level of editing required and what it will cost. The editor/writer relationship works best when there is mutual respect and mutual understanding of the project’s goals. An editing sample, time permitting, is the perfect way to ensure we are on the same page.

Final quotation:

To give a complete quotation, I require the full text. Across the span of an article, dissertation, or book, the text may require different levels of editing, because some sections will require more  or less work than others. This allows me to give you an accurate quote, meet your deadlines, and budget adequate time for your project.

Get in touch

I’d be happy to discuss your project and its goals. I will reply within 3 business days to talk about your editing needs.