Serendipity Retreats
Copy Editing
copyediting: editing the copy (content) to match the client’s brief, the needs of the typesetter or designer and the expectations of the target audience. The copyeditor follows a house style or custom style sheet to make the content (text, references, illustrations etc) clear and consistent throughout, correcting errors in grammar, spelling, vocabulary and punctuation while using templates, codes or formatting to make the document ready for typesetting or uploading. Depending on the quality and completeness of the original, copyediting may include some queries, rewording, rewriting, restructuring or research (eg fact checking).
In this option, I will thoroughly check your text for errors in grammar, spelling, consistency, style and so on.
If the text is unreadable for any reason, for example if there are duplicated words or phrases I can show you how to amend, or if the wording is clunky or doesn't make sense I'll make suggestions as to how you could improve the readability of the text.
Fact checking is an optional extra.
Your investment depends on the size of the website, the number of words to be edited, the number of links to be checked, the number of pages and whether you require any fact checking.
This starts at £33 per hour.
This applies also to an ongoing edit of your blog, newsletter or similar.
A monthly payment plan reduces the hourly rate.