I edit a wide variety of texts, including website content, advertisements, reports, speeches, film scripts, academic theses, and articles for publication in newspapers and magazines.

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With many clients my role is that of a copy-editor, which means I not only correct the errors in a text but also ensure its style is appropriate for the context, and potentially do some rewriting. But for other clients I do proofreading, which usually means just checking through a text for the last time before it is published, without making any significant changes.

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Please see References for comments from a few of my clients.

 

Fees

Rather than basing my editing fees on the quantity of words or pages, I believe it's fairer for the client if I charge according to the amount of time I spend on a text.

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The advantage of a time-based system is that the price the client pays depends not only on the length of a text but also on its quality when I receive it. That means a long text that needs only a few changes might be edited more quickly, and therefore more cheaply, than a shorter one requiring numerous alterations.

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I generally offer a free quotation based on the maximum amount of time I think the editing will take. My final price is sometimes slightly below the quotation, and never exceeds it.

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But if you prefer to know exactly how much the editing work will cost, I can of course agree a fixed price in advance.

 

Light editing

If you don't need your text to be rigorously edited - for example if you're not concerned about issues of style - I can of course limit myself to correcting any grammatical or spelling mistakes.

 

Copywriting

If you don't actually have a completed text but only the idea for one, or perhaps just a few preparatory notes, I'd be pleased to discuss the possibility of doing all the writing for you.