As a line editor, I’ll pore through your manuscript paragraph by paragraph, sentence by sentence, looking for how best to harness language to serve your purposes. That may include:
- Cutting redundancies and clichés
- Improving awkward syntax
- Suggesting more evocative language
- Replacing passive voice with active voice
- Fixing confusing shifts in point of view
- Varying sentence structure
- Flagging biased language
- Smoothing transitions
Line editing also includes basic fact-checking, queries about missing information, and typecoding (ensuring consistent treatment of titles, headings, captions, etc.). As always, I’ll preserve your voice and convey your vision.
My edited version of your text will show what revisions I am suggesting and will allow you to accept or reject each one.
After you have reviewed the edited version, we’ll do a second pass to clear up any lingering problems.