developmental editing
Developmental editing addresses structure, organization, and argument. It can help with:
Focus (Is your narrative clear and compelling? Have you given your reader everything they need to follow along?)
Scope (Is your argument a manageable size? Is it actually multiple arguments?)
Logic (What does your reader need to know about A before you can move on to B?)
As a developmental editor, I help you see the big picture: I make suggestions about what should stay, what could go, what might be added, and how to use structure to guide your reader through your writing.
Developmental editing can be performed on a complete or nearly complete draft, but at the early stages it can also involve working on an outline. It’s a great tool for shaping and giving coherence to projects as they progress. It can also provide a helpful lens for returning to old drafts that just aren’t working and figuring out why that’s the case.
stylistic editing
Stylistic editing improves your sentences and paragraphs to ensure cohesion and clarity. It can help with:
Clarity and readability (Can your reader follow each sentence?)
Conciseness (How can we prune your writing to meet a word or page limit?)
As a stylistic editor, I help you understand your own writing patterns and provide practical suggestions to make your argument understandable, persuasive, and easy to follow.
Stylistic editing is usually undertaken on a completed draft for which you’ve already established a clear and logical structure.
Writing Support/Coaching Sessions
A writing support (or writing coaching) session is a one-on-one video/phone call to work through any thorny issues you’ve run into during the writing process. We might use a session to brainstorm an outline, talk through a particularly complex part of your argument, or develop a strategy for implementing revisions.
These sessions are designed to help you make sense of the challenges you’re facing and create a plan to address them.
After our meeting, I’ll send you a brief (max. 2-page) summary of our discussion and strategy.
Interested in editing and coaching services? Get in touch or drop by my office hours.