Welcome

Thank you for visiting Dila Editing! I offer a variety of editing and proofreading services to fit your editing needs, whether it be a manuscript at the beginning stages that requires a structural edit and a copy edit, or website copy that could use a copyedit and a final proofread to ensure clarity for your audience.

Not sure what you need done? No worries! I will work with you to figure out what you need done to help your writing clearly reach your audience—the way you want.

Read on to learn more about the different types of editing services that can be done to your project, or contact me for a free consultation and quote.

 

Structural Editing

Structural editing (also referred to as developmental or substantive editing) is clarification and reorganization that is done to a manuscript in order to develop the content and structure. This is done with the audience in mind, and may involve reorganization of paragraphs and chapters. This type of editing would be done first, before a copy… Continue reading Structural Editing

Copy Editing

Copy editing includes editing for grammar and spelling errors, and will also look at potential style and readability issues. Fact-checking will also be done during this stage. This type of edit would be used on a document after all writing is finished and the structure reviewed (at this point a stylistic edit may have been… Continue reading Copy Editing

Proofreading

Proofreading is the final stage in the editing process, and would be done after all other edits have been completed and your content and structure is finalized. Proofreading is used to find and fix any remaining errors, including spelling, grammar, and typos. Minimal adjustments should need to be done to the document at this stage.… Continue reading Proofreading