Editing & Condensing 

Carefully considering your goals and requirements, I help to ensure that the text is suitable for its intended audience, purpose, and medium.

With a Master’s degree from a writing-intensive program at Colorado State University and copyediting training from TMU, SFU, and George Brown College, I make suggestions that help authors improve the argument line, accuracy, and clarity.

As a copy editor and line editor, I have worked with a variety of texts, including book synopses, translations, journal articles, job applications, grant applications, language assessments, training materials, and government database documents.

Web Copyediting

I use audience analysis and plain language principles to help your readers understand, navigate, and act on your content. Editing is done with readability, accessibility, and usability in mind.

Today’s web readers are time-conscious and media-savvy. They skim with a purpose on various mobile devices in search of clear content that answers their questions.

I can assist with:

• understanding your audiences
• using appropriate tone
• defining key terms and focusing conversations
• guiding web readers to action with task-oriented headers
• refining text for precision
• ensuring consistency

What is line (stylistic) editing?

Editing to improve flow, coherence, logic, clarity, tone, and style. It includes:

• eliminating wordiness
• revising word choice (clichés, jargon, ambiguities, or potentially offensive terms)
• rewriting sentences or paragraphs for logical connections
• ensuring smooth transitions between sentences or paragraphs
• reordering sentences where applicable for better coherence
• retaining the author’s voice while maintaining a consistent tone
• adjusting the length of sentences or paragraphs
• improving sentence structure for clarity and variety

What is copy editing?

Editing for clarity, grammatical correctness, and consistency of style and facts. It includes:

• checking grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage
• ensuring completeness of material and querying for missing information
• establishing consistency of style (abbreviations, numbers, and visual elements)
• checking items for accuracy (names, quotations, facts, and citations)

For more information, please refer to definitions of editorial skills by Editors Canada.