Services

There are three different levels of editing services and rates are determined according to the particular scope of your project:

LEVEL ONE -- Strictly speaking, this level of editing is proofing/copyediting. Level One editing usually proceeds at roughly 5 to 7 pages an hour and can go as fast as 10 pages an hour.

LEVEL TWO -- The editor accepts the form and content of the document more or less as given but strives to eliminate wordiness, smooth out awkward language or phrasing, and unscramble convoluted sentences. The author may be asked to give alternate phrasing for specialized or institutional terms. Genuine technical language and terms of art are left undisturbed. The author's style remains intact, but changes may be necessary to improve comprehension and to follow the conventions of formal writing. Level Two edits may take up to an hour for 3 to 5 pages.

LEVEL THREE -- A full-blown substantive edit may come close to a rewrite. Level Three edits examine the overall structure of the document and polish the content to a high gloss. Level Three edits may take as long as an hour per page for difficult passages.

RATES -- Our rates range from $40/hour (i.e. simple proofreading for a non-profit company) to $90/hour (i.e. high-level/technical rewrites for a large corporation).