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WriterAid
proofreads and edits novels, nonfiction works,
screenplays, short stories and more
for
professional
writers as well as new and student
writers. |
These services are intended for prose manuscripts including articles for
publication and e-books which do not have references within the
text or require thesis and dissertation guidelines. WriterAid services also include adaptation
of novel to screenplay; ghostwriting; and screenplay or treatment
development.
If you have college essays, graduate
work, APA or other thesis or dissertation preparation or commercial copy projects for editing, these may
be polished and corrected in "Clean Copy" or with MS Word "Comments" by going to our sister site
EditAid.com.
WriterAid's
editor is Lawrence Geddie, writer and former professor of Composition, English
Literature and Drama. He welcomes manuscripts and screenplays in
every genre which will benefit by polishing, tightening and a "third eye."
Issues of voice and consistency as well as any grammar
or wording error is modified either
in the recommended "CLEAN COPY" editing style, which provides a
finished manuscript in addition to a Word "Compare" draft showing
any change to your original in red; or, alternately, in the Word "COMMENTS"
editing style, in which no changes are made to your master draft,
rather a box is seen at right margin showing each and every
suggested change to the manuscript. In Word 'Comments,' any actual
change to the original draft is made by the author.
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◊ Overview of
WriterAid Editing ◊
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□ To receive quote,
SEND
your
entire manuscript (or first five pages with Total
ms Word Count).
□ Next,
PAY
in full --- or
50% agreed billing --- using
PayPal
or
by Check, M.O., or Wire Transfer.
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Your project will be
PROOFREAD and EDITED,
then returned in both Clean Copy and Compare. |
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FEE STRUCTURE:
Experienced native English
writers are normally charged $3 per "MS Word page" (i.e., one
averaging 250
words/page and with no more than a dozen average errors per page) for the first 100 pages, with decreasing rates after the
first hundred.
Less experienced and ESL writers are
normally charged $4 or possibly more per 250 word page (whether in Word,
Final Draft or .rtf format). Here there are also
decreasing rates after the first 100 pages. The fee determination is
made at the
time your ms pages are sent for pricing; at that point the average
error rate in your pages will be evaluated. Again, In the case of
projects averaging more than 12 English errors per page,
the $4 rate may go somewhat higher due to the time required
to correct or add Comments for each non-grammatical usage.
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EDITING
OPTIONS:
Your pages may
optionally be edited using either (a) "Clean Copy" editing, in which Lawrence goes
through and makes needed changes and polishes directly into your manuscript with an eye on
consistency in your style and themes. The editing changes in this
case may be quickly viewed in MS WORD's "Compare
and Merge" tool or by a tiled
side-by-side comparison to your original. Clean Copy is
recommended for most manuscripts, but especially for highly erroneous documents or if you are under time pressure
(See SAMPLE
EDIT here);
or (b) the MS WORD "Comments"
method in which you may either agree with or disregard suggested
changes and make all actual changes to your project yourself. It should be
understood that the Word Comments
method is a good deal more time-consuming to
finalize once your work is returned, particularly for less
experienced or ESL authors.
For both novelists and screenwriters, a 1
or 2 page Synopsis is requested to be sent along with your manuscripts. This chapter or sequence plot-character narrative
gives WriterAid a clear view of the overall project and will ensure
that the editing process will be focused on your specific highlights and
themes.
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SECURITY:
Your intellectual property is automatically considered as copyrighted material, even should
this be only unstated Common Law copyright. Your writing is treated as confidential and never divulged or seen by any party other than your WriterAid
editor.
◊ STARTING YOUR
WriterAid
PROJECT:
WriterAid pricing, other than custom
adaptation or ghostwritten projects, is based on the number
of words to be proofread rather than the number of pages, as
your original pages may include a good deal of blank space.
To begin, please send your manuscript for pricing and/or perform
a total word count and divide by 250 (average words per "MS WORD"
page) to determine how many editable "Word" pages you have. At that point
the Fee Structure above will help in determining approximate total
cost unless submitting a highly erroneous ESL or other manuscript which must be
viewed by Lawrence to determine the rate and approximate completion
time. Go to
Discounts below to see incentives for continued projects with
WriterAid. All overnight or "rush" edits will incur an agreed increase in
the fee. Projects may be emailed as attachments or mailed
on CD/Floppy Disk. Those with projects over 50 pages may make two 50% payments at the beginning and end of the editing process.
Please email
WriterAid to schedule your project for editing or
with any question you may have about the service. Payments may be
made by PayPal.com or Western Union Money Transfer unless you
prefer to mail Money Order or Personal Check (U.S. clients only).
◊ DISCOUNTS:
Every other editing project with
WriterAid
will receive a 10% discount
commencing with your second project.
The cost of multiple page projects decreases by a dollar per page
for editable pages #101-200 and then another dollar per page for page
#201
to end. (The total cost, for example, of
editing a 400 page novel by an experienced English writer--averaging
less than a dozen grammar errors per page--is $700;
this could be paid in full at commencement of project or in 2 payments of $350 at beginning and
completion
of the edit.)
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