From £6 per thousand words
Proofreading
What is proofreading?
Proofreading is the very last round of editing before publication – a final quality-control check once all the text has been finalised.
We’re all human and there will always be some errors that make it this far, even after several rounds of other types of editing. Some might even have been introduced through messy track changes!
Proofreading is going over your manuscript with a fine-toothed comb, finding any lingering typos or formatting problems – finding “fanatsy” and turning it into “fantasy”, making sure your quotation marks are in the right place, and finding italics where they have no business being.
What’s included in this service?
A detailed letter-by-letter check through your manuscript, addressing the following:
- Spelling
- Punctuation
- Grammar
- Formatting (including any numbering and lists)
- Footnotes
- Contents and cross-references
- Layout
I’ll work in Word or OpenOffice, making corrections with track changes and adding comments where necessary or helpful.
I’ll also include a style sheet recording key style decisions (“OK” vs “okay” etc.) as well as character and place descriptions and a timeline to help ensure consistency and logic throughout the novel. This style sheet is especially useful if your book is part of a planned series as it can be used to ensure consistency in all of the future books too!
What does a proofread manuscript look like?
See below an example of a manuscript in Word with the types of corrections and comments I might make during a proofread.
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Ready for a proofread?
Great! You can send me a message here.
If you’re looking for another type of editing, check out all the services I offer here.
TESTIMONIAL
“I engaged Kate primarily as a copyeditor/proofreader. She was a good communicator both in email and within the document, careful and thorough, asked good questions and made excellent suggestions, and took pains not to impose personal tastes or interests on the work. It was very helpful working with someone who was experienced with horror as she took the text on its own terms and did not flinch. She kept to the timeline that she proposed, and I felt her fee was fair given the nature of the work, and the highly professional result. I would definitely consult her on other projects in future. She was a pleasure to work with.“
DAVID DEMCHUK, AUTHOR OF ‘THE BONE MOTHER’
