Editing Services

The Big Editing Bundle is designed to help turn your rough draft into a professional and publishable high-quality manuscript. The Big Editing Bundle includes all of the editing services.*

Appraisals are the first step in the editing process. Appraisals provide an overview of what your manuscript is doing well and what might need some work. Appraisals assess the substance and structure of your manuscript and the overall quality of your writing.  

Substantive edits require deep analysis of the whole manuscript. Substantive edits assess the structure, content, language, style and presentation of the document. Substantive edits make sure that all these elements serve the intended purpose and meet the readers’ needs. 

Line edits are more detailed than substantive edits. The focus is on grammar, spelling, capitalisation, punctuation, hyphenation and overall correctness and consistency. 

Proofreading is the last stage of the editing process. Proofreads check for typos, formatting errors, missing sections and general conformity with relevant style sheets.  

Plain English edits, sometimes called plain language edits, focus on writing for a wide audience. A plain language edit would suit those writing about a specialist subject for a general audience. 

Accessibility edits focus on creating “born accessible” documents. Born accessible documents allow people with print disabilities to read your work without needing someone else to rewrite, redesign or explain it.

Design and style edits focus on consistency both within a specific document and across multiple documents by the same organisation. Attention is given to creating a style sheet and making sure design elements are consistent. 

SEO-focused edits prioritise your webpage’s findability on Google by making sure the right words are being used. SEO-focused edits maximise your website’s chances of being on the first page of Google.