Academic
developmental
Editing
It’s not you. It’s the writing process.
Every research and writing project hits a point when things aren’t flowing along smoothly.
- Do you have trouble trying to decide what the real center of your research project is?
- Are you somewhere in the middle of writing and it just feels like a slog?
- Are you nearing the end of a project and can’t quite figure out how to make the intro and conclusion really sing?
A developmental edit can be just the ticket to keep things moving.
As a developmental editor, my job is to help you craft a structure and style for your book or article that best reflects what you want it to accomplish.
The initial, no-obligations consultation is free. Gratis. No charge. Find out more on the Editing page. Or just get in touch.
I have benefited beyond measure from Vilja Hulden’s detailed reading of my latest book, Self-Made: The Stories that Forged an American Myth. So careful, insightful, and detailed were her observations and suggestions that I can’t imagine pulling this project into reality without her!
– Pamela Walker Laird, University of Colorado Denver
image: Edited from “The Pittsburg [sic] visible-writing machine” (detail, ca. 1890s-1910s). The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection, The New York Public Library, Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40badf70-c6e5-012f-ac33-58d385a7bc34.