The Brainy Lady  

"Editorial services" can mean many things. This list better explains the types of editorial projects Nicole generally takes on:

Copy Editing
Editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation and other mechanics of style; checking for consistency of mechanics and internal consistency of facts; marking head levels and approximate placement of art. May include providing or changing system of citations; writing or editing captions and/or credit lines; writing running heads, etc. May also include negotiating changes with author.
N.B. "Copy editing" is often loosely used to include stylistic and even structural editing, fact checking and mark-up.

Developmental / Project Editing
Coordinating and editing a project from proposal or rough manuscript to final manuscript, incorporating input from authors, consultants and reviewers. May include budgeting, hiring, design supervision and project coordination.

Fact Checking / Reference Checking
Checking accuracy of facts and/or quotes by reference to original sources used by author and/or from other sources.

Proof Reading
Reading proofs of edited manuscript. Galley proofing may include incorporating and/or exercising discretion on author's alterations; flagging locations of art and page references. Page proofing may include checking adherence to mock-up or original file, accuracy of running heads, folios and changes made to type in mock-up, checking page breaks and location of art, and inserting page numbers to table of contents and cross-references if necessary. May also include checking color (press proofs).

Rewriting
Creating a new manuscript or parts of a manuscript on the basis of content and research supplied by an author. May include some research and writing of original material.

Stylistic Editing
Clarifying meaning, eliminating jargon, smoothing language and other non-mechanical line-by-line editing. May include checking or correcting reading level; creating or recasting tables and/or figures; negotiating changes with author.

Substantive or Structural Editing
Clarifying and/or reorganizing a manuscript for content and structure. Changes may be suggested to or drafted for the author. May include negotiating changes with author.

Writing
Broadly, the creation of content. Can range from copy generation for marketing events or products based on a client’s internal information, to independent reporting/interviewing/research on an assigned topic. 


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Many of these definitions adapted from: http://www.editors.ca/hire/definitions.html