OUR GOAL IS YOUR SUCCESS
WHY USE WORDCRAFT ASSOCIATES?
- We offer a solution tailored to your requirements and budget.
- We improve language to achieve writing objectives.
- Well-meaning colleagues are no substitute for a professional editor. Even editors need editing!
WHAT WE WORK ON
- Advertisements
- Annual reports
- Articles
- Book manuscripts
- Board minutes
- Business plans
- Company manuals
- Manuals
- Marketing presentations
- Proposals
- Prospectuses
- Reports
- Speeches
- Stock Market documents
- Technical publications
- Web pages/sites
We guarantee that you, your company and your institution will have clearly-written, error-free documents.
We’re ready to start on your project. Please compose in your best English to save time and cost. We’ll do the rest.
A confidentiality agreement can be utilized if you so desire. All editors have in-house confidentiality agreements.
HOW TO ORDER SERVICE
IT'S SIMPLE!
- E-mail a brief project summary (click the "Contact us" link above). Include your company name, contact info and title. Identify your target audience, whether you want proofreading or editing, your deadline, the software you use and desired method of returning the final product to you. Tip: this is our first look at your writing capability!
- We'll E-mail you a price quote for preliminary approval.
- Send your document as an E-mail attachment.
- You'll receive a final price quote.
- Projects of 20+ pages require a simple agreement and 33% initial payment, with two remaining incremental payments. Projects less than 20 pages require 50% initial payment and 50% at completion.
- Your
project is assigned to an editor.
- Completion means the work was reviewed by two editors.
- Delivery to you is by E-mail attachment; other methods cost more.
TWO EDIT CHOICES
COMPLETE REWRITE
At your instruction we will rewrite or copy-edit your document. A complete rewrite is an intense process that improves language and organization. It requires editorial, even creative, judgment -- unlike a proofread or copy-edit. Rewrite
includes all proofreading and copy edit tasks. We retain your style unless directed otherwise.
A complete rewrite will:
• Correct word usage errors such as redundancy, passive voice, wordiness and diction
• Edit paragraphs and sentences, organization, length, clarity, transitions, grammar and syntax
• Check logic, unity, structure, transitions and summaries
• Monitor style: appropriateness of tone and voice and level of language to audience
• Verify that headings reflect text that follows
• Check headings for placement and quantity
• Query you for clarity as needed
• Check math, numbers, problems and answers to questions
• Check descriptions and information in tables and figures
• Follow your specific requests such as editing text written by foreign language writers
PROOFREAD AND COPY (TEXT) EDIT
We correct:
• Capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar
• First and later reference of abbreviations and acronyms
• Treatment of numbers
• Italics, quotes, foreign words and special terms
• Lists
• Figures, table legends, equations and source information
• Reference style
• Footnote and endnote sequencing and placement
• Run-on sentences
• Wordiness
• Gender language
• Awkward construction or vague language
• Passive voice
• Misused words
• Cross-references
• Uncredited material needing formal permission
CHOOSE EITHER LEVEL OF SERVICE; A COMPLETE REWRITE DOES IT ALL.
OUR GOAL IS YOUR SUCCESS!