Your sales copy and instruction manuals are only effective if the writing is good. Let me help your ideas really flourish and shine with necessary adjustments to the grammar, spelling, word choice, and punctuation.
- Articles for print publication or blog submission
- Brochures, fliers, and other marketing materials
- PowerPoint slide decks for speaking engagements
- Press Releases
- Training materials
- Resumes and cover letters
- White papers
- Annual reports
Services – heavy editing
- Use of Track Changes in MS Word for easy accept/decline on your end
- GSP (Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation) corrections
- Word choice, tone, style
- Organization of ideas/concepts
- Consistency
Experience
In every day job I ever had, I was the one who wrote the job manual or cookbook. That led to a career in teaching/training and writing course and presentation materials for students and instructors in everything from software to police training to bomb identification.
I have significant experience with these tasks and tools: Instructional Design, Technical Writing, Editing, Formatting (flyers, newsletters, instruction manuals, instructor guides, reference manuals; from 1 page to 2000), Word, PowerPoint, InDesign, FrameMaker
Rates
- Heavy Editing: $0.03 per word, $7.50 per page (12 point Times New Roman, double spaced, 1-inch margins)
Save! Let me send you my styles to use and save 10%. - one-page flier advertising an event: $60
- style your Word .doc copy for publishing: $2 per page
Save! Hire me to teach you Styles in Word. You’ll save time and money. - convert your Word .doc file to an InDesign file using your Word styles: $1 per page (includes layout for images, tables, Table of Contents, Index, Title Page, etc.)
Save! Let me send you my styles to use and save 10%.
Add-on Services
If you’ve hired me for Editing, you can add style and layout services at half price.
- Implement Word Styles – add $1 per page
- Document Layout in InDesign (for your publisher’s .pdf requirements), includes 300dpi images – add $0.50 per page
Payment Details
- Pay online (50% up front, 50% upon completion)
- One- or two-day turnaround in many cases
Other Projects
If your project is unique, just contact me for a bid specific to your needs based on a sample with page count.
- Marketing copy for websites, brochures, postcards, etc.
- Participant Manuals, Training Guides, Reference Manuals, Train-the-Trainer Guides
- White papers
- Annual reports