Proofreading
Professional Proofreading Services for Error-Free Content
Are you looking for an expert proofreader? Look no further than Amethyst from Gem In The Rough Editing. Located in Bellingham, WA, she works with clients nationwide who need their manuscripts polished before publication to ensure the highest level of accuracy and clarity. Please email her at Amethyst@gemintheroughediting.com today and schedule a consultation to get started.
What Is Proofreading?
Critical aspects of proofreading include:
- Spelling Errors: Identifying and correcting misspelled words.
- Grammar Mistakes: Fixing grammatical errors, such as incorrect verb tense, subject-verb agreement issues, and improper use of prepositions.
- Punctuation: Ensuring correct use of punctuation marks, including commas, periods, semicolons, colons, and quotation marks.
- Typos: Catching and correcting typographical errors.
- Consistency: Check for consistency in style, such as uniform use of capitalization, hyphenation, and formatting.
- Formatting: Ensuring the document adheres to the required format, including margins, font size and type, spacing, and alignment.
- Page Numbers and Headers/Footers: Verifying that page numbers and headers/footers are correct and consistent.
- Footnotes and Endnotes: Checking the accuracy and formatting of footnotes and endnotes.
- Citations and References: Ensuring that citations and references are correctly formatted and complete.
- Layout: Review the overall layout to ensure that there are no awkward breaks, such as orphaned lines or paragraphs.
Standard Edits
$50 per 10k words
Slightly more involved; this includes proofreading, copy editing, and line editing.