Editing - scientific and technical editor in Australia
Graham's editing experience ranges from coordinating editor of a science dictionary, to senior editor of one of the largest publishing organisations in the southern hemisphere, and scientific editor of journals.
He is a scientific editor, technical editor, freelance editor. Graham has re-written scientific and technical material in plain English, and has edited a wide variety of material for publication, such as annual reports, government publications and consultants reports.
Editing is the art of cutting out all unnecessary words so the result is the clearest, most concise writing possible.
In editing your work, Graham takes out all grammatical and spelling errors. He ensures that the style is consistent throughout, and he makes sure that no errors of fact remain. It is usually the standard of editing that determines the acceptance or rejection of written material by a magazine or journal, and particularly by the readers.
Without editing, a draft often remains shapeless and incoherent. Graham will take your draft and shape it into a meaningful document.
Graham is alert for errors in grammar and usage, and in spelling. He makes sure the punctuation is adequate and conventional but no more frequent than clarity or emphasis requires.
In editing, Graham will get rid of what is redundant or irrelevant. All trivial and tedious details that are not essential will be eliminated.
In editing your documents, Graham will:
Graham's editing experience ranges from coordinating editor of a science dictionary, to senior editor of one of the largest publishing organisations in the southern hemisphere, and scientific editor of journals.
He is a scientific editor, technical editor, freelance editor. Graham has re-written scientific and technical material in plain English, and has edited a wide variety of material for publication, such as annual reports, government publications and consultants reports.
Editing is the art of cutting out all unnecessary words so the result is the clearest, most concise writing possible.
In editing your work, Graham takes out all grammatical and spelling errors. He ensures that the style is consistent throughout, and he makes sure that no errors of fact remain. It is usually the standard of editing that determines the acceptance or rejection of written material by a magazine or journal, and particularly by the readers.
Without editing, a draft often remains shapeless and incoherent. Graham will take your draft and shape it into a meaningful document.
Graham is alert for errors in grammar and usage, and in spelling. He makes sure the punctuation is adequate and conventional but no more frequent than clarity or emphasis requires.
In editing, Graham will get rid of what is redundant or irrelevant. All trivial and tedious details that are not essential will be eliminated.
In editing your documents, Graham will:
- ensure a logical progression of ideas, rearrange the sequence of topic headings, paragraphs, sentences and illustrations where necessary;
- expand or reduce text to improve the quality of the paper;
- break up long sentences or paragraphs so the text is easier to follow;
- check that the headings and subheadings are appropriate to what follows;
- check the publication's word limit against the length of your paper;
- use simple words rather than complex words - words of two syllables rather than five syllables;
- use familiar words rather than those for which readers will have to consult a dictionary;
- avoid unnecessary words;
- consider the reader's background;
- remove vague, meaningless and wrong words, replacing these with concise words and phrases;
- replace jargon with simple, precise terms or clearly defined technical terms;
- remove tautologies and clichés;
- convert the passive voice to the active voice where possible.
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