Structural / Stylistic

Editing

Structural / Stylistic Editing

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Ensures that the overall content and organization (structure) aligns to the material's intended audience and purpose.

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Assessment of flow, consistency, readability, style, voice, and for authors: dialogue, and plot and character development.

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Assists with re-writing and tightening of the text.

Copy Editing

Copy Editing

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Follows appropriate editorial style and edits for content, spelling, grammar, usage, numerical usage, hyphenations, capitalization, punctuation, clarity, accuracy, and consistency.

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Based on needs, prepares style sheets, checks cross-references, and fact checks foreign words, places, and proper nouns.

Ensures any headings, captions, tables, charts, and illustrations are consistent throughout the document.

Proofreading

Proofreading

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The last stage of the editing process, after all edits and layout are complete.

A final textual and visual review for spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, word divisions, wrong font, sense, extra spaces between words and sentences, misplaced or missing punctuation, and duplicate or missing periods.

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Comparison of the final version of the document to earlier stages, to ensure all edits were made correctly.