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Editing and proofreading — Copywriter — Professionals
Editing leads require the actual text, intended reader and permitted intervention level. Providers should explain what they will correct, what they will query and what requires subject review, and should preserve meaning rather than silently resolve ambiguous technical or legal statements.
Service scope
Review of existing text at an agreed editorial level, from copyediting for clarity and consistency to proofreading a near-final version. These stages are not identical: the provider and client should agree whether wording, structure, factual queries or only final presentation errors are in scope.
What is normally included
- Editorial-level assessment
- Copyediting or proofreading as commissioned
- Consistency and style review
- Tracked corrections and queries
What is not included
- Full rewriting by default
- Automatic factual or legal verification
- Unlimited checking of later untracked versions
Qualification checks
- Inspect a representative sample
- Establish editorial level
- Confirm style requirements
- Identify subject-review needs
- Set version and query-resolution controls
Quote guidance
Price the document's condition, complexity and editing stage, not word count alone. State whether query resolution, a second pass or proofreading after layout is included, and explain how substantial author changes create additional work.
Lead risks
- The supplied file may not be the final version
- The task may really require rewriting
- Queries may remain unanswered at the publication deadline
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