Editcetera freelancers bring traditional experience to our work with trade, educational, and professional publishers.
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Editcetera freelancers help independent authors, from beginners to experienced writers, prepare manuscripts for submission to traditional publishers or for self-publishing.
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Editcetera freelancers assist professors, graduate students, and other scholars with manuscript preparation and editing.
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Editcetera freelancers bring traditional experience to our work with trade, educational, and professional publishers.
LEARN MORE
Editcetera freelancers help independent authors, from beginners to experienced writers, prepare manuscripts for submission to traditional publishers or for self-publishing.
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Editcetera freelancers assist professors, graduate students, and other scholars with manuscript preparation and editing.
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Let us know what you need, and we will find a freelancer with the skills and experience to work with you. Need a coach to help you determine a plan for your publishing project? We also offer consultations to help you get on track. Click below to learn more about specific services.
Our editors are tested and reviewed for specific skills to meet your needs. We qualify members as the following:
Publishing Coaches
Our coaches help you develop a plan to publish your book. After a brief review of some of your materials, the coach will meet with you for up to 2 hours in one or more sessions. The coach will
Proofreaders
Our proofreaders will check your manuscript in its final form at the end of the production cycle. They can help you
Based on your requirements, our proofreaders may read final pages against another document for accuracy. Or they can read final pages cold, without comparing them to anything else.
Copyeditors
Our copyeditors review and revise your manuscript to make sure language is used correctly and its style is consistent. The level of copyediting will be based on the needs of your manuscript and factors such as its publishing schedule and budget. The following tasks are typical for three different levels of copyediting.
In a light-level edit, copyeditors will
In a medium-level edit, copyeditors will
In a heavy-level edit, copyeditors will
Some of our copyeditors can also help you fact-check, format manuscripts, or code manuscripts for composition. However, these tasks are not assumed to be part of the job, and they need to be discussed and agreed upon.
For more information on heavy-level copyediting, please see the Substantive Editors section.
If you need a copyeditor for fiction, see the Fiction Editors section.
Editorial Proofreaders
Having separate cycles for copyediting and proofreading produces work of the highest quality, so this approach is strongly recommended. However, we understand that schedules occasionally require having one person serve both functions. In these situations, our editorial proofreaders can combine proofreading with some copyediting tasks. They will
Substantive Editors
Our substantive editors provide heavy-level copyediting to make sure the language in your manuscript is used correctly and its style is consistent. This process includes all the light- and medium-level tasks described above in the section on copyeditors. In addition, these editors work heavily with sentence structure and wording, with a focus on
Substantive editing is often—but not always—a part of developmental editing.
Developmental Editors
Our developmental editors work with authors through writing and revision, helping to ensure that manuscripts communicate clearly and reach their full potential. Based on the needs of your project, our editors can
Fiction Editors
Our fiction editors help your creative manuscript reach its full potential. Depending on what you need, they might perform the tasks of a developmental editor, copyeditor, proofreader, and/or substantive editor. In addition, fiction editors
While recommending changes, fiction editors are sensitive to each author’s voice and style.
Technical Editors
Our technical editors help make sure that difficult information is presented clearly, so your readers can understand it easily. They can edit a wide range of technical or specialized materials, from financial reports and computer-related documents to environmental regulations, medical reports, and other scientific manuscripts.
Depending on the needs of your document, these editors may suggest ways to improve both layout and content. They might
Web Editors
Our web editors work with material that will be published on the Internet. Depending on the job, they might perform tasks described for developmental editors, copyeditors, proofreaders, substantive editors, and/or technical editors.
What sets web editors apart, however, is their special understanding of how readers process what they read on websites. As a result, they can create web-friendly titles and teaser texts for posted articles, and they may also
Indexers
Our indexers can organize a list of items within your text, such as names and ideas, to give readers a simple tool for navigating your publication. The indexing process occurs at the very end of the production cycle, after the publication is set in pages but just before it goes to press. Our professional indexers will
Our indexers often fill their schedules early, so it’s important to reserve their time as soon as possible.
Production Editors
Our production editors handle publishing projects from manuscript to delivery of bound books. Depending on the needs of your project, they can help you
Our writers have extensive experience producing original material as well as working with clients to polish rough drafts. Our skilled professionals include the following:
Journalists
Our journalists include editors, writers, and web-based content developers who can help you disseminate news via print or online media.
Depending on the subject matter you want to address, their tasks may include
Ghostwriters
Our ghostwriters can help you or your organization create books, magazine articles, blogs, and other documents that are credited to another person.
Based on your needs, these skilled writers can revise an existing draft, develop and complete a project from an outline, or even commit many months to the process of researching, writing, and editing a lengthy volume. Our ghostwriters are open to signing a nondisclosure contract or receiving credit for their work, according to the requirements of a project.
Technical Writers
Our technical writers can provide clear instructions and user assistance in a variety of forms, including troubleshooting guides, online help, product release notes, and other technical documents. By breaking down difficult concepts into basic instructions without jargon, we can help your readers perform a specific task or understand key information with less time and effort.
Our technical writers offer experience in a variety of fields, including computer science, biotechnology, engineering, and finance.
Grant Writers
Our experienced grant writers can help you prepare funding proposals, whether they are brief explanatory letters or lengthy, complicated documents involving budgetary analysis. After a grant has been received, our writers can also produce follow-up reports with data demonstrating how efficiently and effectively the funding has been put to work.
