PERFECT-EDIT.COM PROFESSIONAL EDITING & WRITING SERVICE. About Perfect Edit

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1 About Perfect Edit PERFECT-EDIT. COM offers professional Editing and Writing Services for the discerning author and publisher. Our expertise covers the literary genre: Fiction-novels, Story books; Nonfiction: Christian books, Biographies; Academic: Thesis, Dissertations; Business Writings: Company Reports, Sales Brochures and others. We turn your mental creations into a fine art in language expressions. Of particular significance is: we bring perfection to your document still maintaining your originality and tone which allows the writer own his writings. With years of experience in editing all manner of manuscripts, we are able to make your script say what you really want to say no matter how improperly written the document is. PERFECT EDIT.COM has a reputation for thoroughness and attention to details. Nothing escapes our purview: every word, phrase, sentence or construction is scrupulously scrutinized before it is accepted. In order to give documents that are of specialized disciplines the expert finish, PERFECT EDIT. COM employs the services of professionals to handle science and technically biased manuscripts. For example, medical writings, computer, legal, accounting and other business writings.

2 WORK SCOPE A. Standard Editing Tasks included in Standard Editing include: Correcting faulty spelling, grammar and punctuation. Correcting word usage (affect/effect, its/it s awhile/a while, been/being) Ensuring consistent style of capitals, abbreviations, numbers and lists. Ensuring internal consistency of facts, data and scientific units. Ensuring consistent style of citations and references. Ensuring consistent cross-referencing of tables, figures and references. Maintaining a consistent overall style. B. Advanced Editing A hard edit is what is done when the editor is asked to improve the manuscript. It involves Content editing. Copy editing or proof reading can be done one sentence at a time but a hard editor reads through the whole book/manuscript once, before trying to edit it. Completes the tasks for Standard Editing Improving clarity and precision. Eliminating repetition, wordiness, and awkward phrasing. Eliminating biased language and inappropriate slang. Smoothing language and improving flow in sentences and paragraphs. Conforming to natural English expression. Reducing passive construction as appropriate. May add more explanatory text in some place. Suggestions to combine or eliminate major threads in the book.

3 Wholesale rework of paragraph structure. Ensuring clarity and parallelism in text, tables, and headings. Ensuring that titles, headings, tables, and illustrations reflect text content. Reorganizing and condensing sentences and paragraphs, as required. Querying gaps or contradictions in information presented. Confirming that all stated aims and issues raised are completed. Confirming that the argument is presented logically. C. Proof Reading Compares the current document with a previous one or corrects final errors in the proofs of a previously edited document. Who may benefit from proofreading? Writers whose previously edited documents need a final check to catch remaining errors. Tasks included in Proofreading include: Using standard proof-reader s marks to identify indisputable errors. Spotting typographical errors. Catching grammar, spelling, punctuation and formatting errors. Spotting gross errors in presentation. Checking headers, footers, page breaks and word breaks. Checking other elements of design and layout Spelling often suffers due to homophones - words that are pronounced the same but are spelled differently. Two common groups include to, too and two and their, there and they're, discreet/discrete. Punctuation errors may be as simple as confusing a comma with a semicolon.

4 Grammar mistakes like confusing 'its' with 'it's,' changing tense in the middle of a sentence or paragraph, or not being consistent in the use of gender in the writing. Organization, order, style, and continuity. D. Copy Editing Copy editing is the process of making sure that the documents and publications are clear and accurate, that no errors of fact, grammar, punctuation or style get in the way of the intended message. During copy editing, the editor ensures that the copy is clear, correct, concise, comprehensible and consistent. We also consider publisher's house style. Copy editors add grammar to the mix and generally follow a set of hard and fast rules about how to use punctuation and terminology. Not much attention is given to the overall structure of your composition or even the meaning of a sentence. Copy editors find their niche in bringing manuscripts in line with big publisher guidelines. E. Developmental / Substantive Editing Developmental editing helps with the big picture, such as flow/pacing, telling the story, characterization, structure, style. It seeks to achieve clarity of subject, logic and consistency. Confusing and awkward writing may be reworked. Sentences are analyzed for structure/syntax. Long sentences may be enumerated or separated. During this type of editing, Proofreading, copy editing and substantive editing often occur simultaneously.

5 F. Manuscript Critiques/Evaluation We provide an in-depth document critique which provides: A detailed analysis of your writing, looking at character, dialogue, description, story. Other issues like poor construction and grammar. (For most, these issues can be greatly improved with an appraisal of your work). We will identify positive aspects within your writing, highlighting these and also: Weaknesses or problem areas, using them as an opportunity to suggest improvements not only for this particular book. G. Technical Editing A technical edit is somewhat akin to fact checking and, depending on the manuscript, can end up being exactly the same thing. Some technical edits go far beyond simply reading a text with an expert eye and picking out flaws in logic or out-and-out mistakes. Technical editors of computer books, for example, are required to verify computer code in the book and on any accompanying CD. Not all non-fiction requires a technical edit and technical editing is not limited to technical subjects. Technical editors are experts in their field, not just in English grammar.