Light Copy EditVictoria Wroblewski
A light copy edit is almost solely mechanical. In addition to various small cleanup tasks (such as removing extra spaces) I check for typos, punctuation, missing/repeated words, and grammatical errors; consistency in hyphenation, capitalization, and spelling; and the correct formatting for any citations. I also flag up any issues of clarity at the sentence level where the writer's meaning has not come across.
What's included
Redlined Manuscript
An edited manuscript/document with all the changes visible and tracked via Word's tracked changes tool. There will also be comments explaining edits or asking for clarification.
Style Sheet
A document containing information for the style guides and dictionaries used; rules implemented or deviated from; decisions regarding capitalization, spelling, and hyphenation; and (for fiction) lists of characters and settings with brief descriptions.
Clean Manuscript
If a cleanup pass is part of the agreed project, a clean manuscript with all discussed and review changes accepted and comments cleared. This document should be ready for typesetting/formatting.
FAQs
A light copy edit is the fastest to do, but timing really depends on the length of the document. From sample to completion, a 100,000 word document should take about a month. A concrete timeline for your project will be agreed upon before starting.
Starting at$2,000
Duration4 weeks
Tags
Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft Word
Copy Editor
Editor
Proofreader
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Victoria Wroblewski Pennsauken Township, USA
Light Copy EditVictoria Wroblewski
Starting at$2,000
Duration4 weeks
Tags
Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft Word
Copy Editor
Editor
Proofreader
A light copy edit is almost solely mechanical. In addition to various small cleanup tasks (such as removing extra spaces) I check for typos, punctuation, missing/repeated words, and grammatical errors; consistency in hyphenation, capitalization, and spelling; and the correct formatting for any citations. I also flag up any issues of clarity at the sentence level where the writer's meaning has not come across.
What's included
Redlined Manuscript
An edited manuscript/document with all the changes visible and tracked via Word's tracked changes tool. There will also be comments explaining edits or asking for clarification.
Style Sheet
A document containing information for the style guides and dictionaries used; rules implemented or deviated from; decisions regarding capitalization, spelling, and hyphenation; and (for fiction) lists of characters and settings with brief descriptions.
Clean Manuscript
If a cleanup pass is part of the agreed project, a clean manuscript with all discussed and review changes accepted and comments cleared. This document should be ready for typesetting/formatting.
FAQs
A light copy edit is the fastest to do, but timing really depends on the length of the document. From sample to completion, a 100,000 word document should take about a month. A concrete timeline for your project will be agreed upon before starting.
$2,000