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 Why edit your work? 
And why use a professional?

Spelling and grammar checkers aren't enough  to make your work shine.

​Professional excellence can make  the difference between success and failure.

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Execustaff currently has a staff of 17 outside editors… We have come to expect and request that all of our editors follow Linda's lead when preparing their edit work for us. … 

In the past 5 production seasons, Linda has been, and will continue to be, the first choice of our production staff for copyediting.

—Jerry Hayes
Execustaff Composition Services

Your privacy is important to Logos Word Designs, LLC. All information that you share with us is completely confidential and secure. We never share it except with your express written approval, which is normally for the purpose of promoting your work.

Complete Writing & Editorial Services

We can:

• Conform the text to your vision
  
• Check for errors in grammar, spelling, and syntax
  
• Spot the minute details that make a difference
  
• Weed out wordiness
  
• Clean up jargon
  
• Catch wrong word choices
  
• Clarify meaning and tone
  
• Identify and correct details of style
  
• Develop and sharpen concepts
  
• Check logic
  
• Encourage you about your work's good points
  
• Make your work shine!
  

As an editor myself, I have found Linda's editing skills top-notch.
I have a list of 44 highly qualified freelance writers and editors that I can refer work to at any given time. If I needed editing done on my own writing, I would use Linda.

—Heather Szott, President/Senior Editor
Hawkeye Editing, Inc.

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Copyediting (grammar editing)

1. Errors of spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and usage are corrected while preserving the meaning and voice of the original text
   
2. Consistency of style is checked or created throughout
   
3. A style sheet is prepared that documents style and format
   
4. The manuscript is read for overall clarity and sense from the prospective audience's point of view
   
5. Awkward writing is corrected
   
6. Apparent errors or inconsistencies are queried
   
7. Necessary permissions are noted to publish copyrighted material
   
8. The manuscript is prepared for the next stage of the publication process
   
9. References, art, figures, tables, equations, and other materials are cross-checked for consistency with their mention in text
   
10. NOTE: Copyediting should be followed by proofreading
    

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Light Copyediting

The same as regular copyediting except unclear or awkward sentences are not rephrased

Substantive or Content Editing (includes copyediting)

1. Your document is evaluated for problems of overall clarity or accuracy
2. The order in which text and ideas are presented is improved through the reorganization of paragraphs, sections or chapters
3. Content is developed, written, or rewritten to improve readability and flow
4. Segments of text are written or rewritten to improve readability and flow as well as improve its presentation
5. Others may be consulted about specific issues
6. Responses to queries and suggestions may be incorporated
7. A new draft of the document is created

Developmental Editing (includes Substantive Editing)

Develop a manuscript from initial concept, outline or drafts (or some combination of the three). The editor suggests topics, content, organization, and presentation for consideration by the client and provides writing, rewriting, and researching as needed.

I am a veteran of the European motion picture industry who earned my laurels for costume design. I also wrote motion picture scripts and cooperated on eight movies, two of which were award winning. Due to my job, I was constantly involved with editors. Unfortunately, I never found the right one for me. 

Sometime ago, I finally decided to get on with my longtime dream and write a family saga dealing with the very popular Elizabeth, Empress of Austria and Hungary. My grandparents had close ties to the Viennese Habsburgs, and I felt qualified to introduce the world to the real “Sissi,” as friends and family lovingly called the Empress.

My new problem was like the old one. I had to find the right editor. And then, one day, I came across Logos Word Designs, owned by Linda Nathan. In almost no time, I felt blessed with the best imaginable editor. Linda has the rare gift of understanding the writer’s thinking process, and she correctly feels where the writer wants to go with the story. She is encouraging and smoothes out the weak points without asking for depressing rewrites. When Linda edits my work, the pages light up for me and the writing comes to life, making the characters real.

It is safe to say that without her generous help and longtime experience, my dream to introduce Empress Elizabeth’s true story to the public could not become reality.

Dagmar Schober-Sulmanis, Author 
A Crown Too Heavy I and 
A Crown Too Heavy II