🔎 Proofreading

Proofreading is your last chance to catch any egregious errors. I will proofread documents and manuscripts after they have been line edited and/or copyedited. Proofreading keeps an eye out for a lot of the same issues as in copyediting such as:

Consistency in style

Hyphenation

Spelling

Grammar

Punctuation

Capitalization

Syntax

Number formatting

However, this check should involve very few corrections. This check cleans up more of the errors above missed in copyediting (since editors are human too!) as well as errors introduced in the previous steps.

Larger issues such as plot inconsistencies, head-hopping, and the like will not be addressed at this level of editing.

In terms of printed material or material set in a PDF, I will also check:

Page breaks

Headers and footers

Page numbers

Widows and orphans

If you have had your work copyedited, it’s time for a proofread.

I offer this service for:

Fiction

Nonfiction

Business/marketing material

Blogs

Articles

Websites

Theses and dissertations (as permitted by the academic institution)

and more.