
No matter how comprehensively researched
and how well written, all documents can benefit from copyediting
to ensure that the writer's ideas are communicated in the best possible
way.
CARSTENS COMMUNICATIONS
offers professional book and copy editing for mainstream fiction
and nonfiction, technical documents, and scholarly articles and
manuscripts. Multiple levels of assistance are available:
General
Editing for grammar, spelling,
punctuation and other mechanics of style; marking head levels and
insertion points for art; pointing out repetition of words, phrases,
or information; and noting inconsistencies in content. Unless otherwise
requested, general editing is done to the Chicago Manual of Style
standard.
Substantive
Editing includes all of the general
editing tasks, but goes deeper, clarifying and/or reorganizing documents
or manuscripts for content and structure. Changes may be suggested
or drafted by the editor and may include several phases as the editor
and author work toward a more polished final product.
Manuscript
Evaluations may include either
of the levels of editing, or may be simply a close reading of your
manuscript and a written evaluation of how effectively it is organized
or delivers your message, with suggestions about where to go next
to move it to a higher level. For fiction, an evaluation may include
such aspects as character, scene, and plot development. For nonfiction,
credibility and resources may be addressed.
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