Writing Services

From an early age, Tiffany found her voice through written word. She has published poetry, articles, short stories, periodicals, and freelance work in a variety of fields.​

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Do you have a writing project that Tiffany might serve well? Contact us to discuss the details and receive any required information for your publisher/ organization.

Often, an editorial evaluation is the first professional assistance a manuscript receives. Tiffany will provide you with an exhaustive analysis of the main advantages and disadvantages of your tale, characters, and organization.

 

The author would not receive feedback and sample manuscript rewrites in an editorial evaluation. Rather, you would get a letter that is more general in nature.

 

For an author who is just starting out, an editorial assessment works best. ​ Acquiring an editorial appraisal early on will greatly simplify the work of a copy and developmental editor later on. Before contacting any agents or publishers, help you determine can use this to whether your project is ready for querying.

In developmental editing, also known as content or substantive editing, an editor offers in-depth criticism on "big-picture" problems. 

 

They will help you shape your story, polish your ideas, and address any significant character or plot holes. They will also let you know if there are any parts of your story that are just not quite right. It's a considerably more thorough than an editorial assessment, though.

 

Why do the characters act in the ways that they do? What drives them? Do these scenes further the plot as a whole? What is the main idea you want to convey, and how does it evolve?

Copy editing is the next step after you're certain you've solved your book's big-picture issues. An editor will read your work on the lookout for anything that makes it less readable, like word repetition or character inconsistencies. A copy editor’s job is to bring the author’s completed manuscript to a more professional level. A copy edit helps create the most readable version of your book, improving clarity, coherency, consistency, and correctness. The goal is to bridge any remaining gaps between the author’s intent and the reader’s understanding.

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A copy editor examines and corrects the following elements in your work:

• Spelling

• Grammar

• Capitalization

• Word usage and repetition

• Usage of numbers or numerals

• POV/tense (to fix any unintentional shifts)

• Descriptive inconsistencies

The final significant step in the editing process is proofreading. A proofreader is a keen inspector who makes sure your work is polished and free of spelling and grammar mistakes.

 

Proofreaders still frequently work from physical proofs even with contemporary digital typesetting, frequently developing their own language in the process.

 

They'll be alert for: irregularities in style and spelling; irregularities in the typography and layout; unclear or awkward word and page breaks; All illustrations and page numbers in the contents have incorrect captions. ​

 

Proofreaders still carefully review the text to look for anything that previous edits may have missed, even though the majority of problems should be fixed by this point.

Even with meticulous research, informational inconsistencies may still appear in your book. While copy and developmental editors can assist with this, fact-checking is not their job. Get a dedicated fact-checker to go through your book if it contains a lot of specialized information, especially if it's a topic you haven't written about before.

 

They will take note of all the factual allusions in your book and meticulously verify them with other sources; if they discover any errors, they will promptly notify you.