Wendy Weckwerth
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Editing

Whether you need developmental, content, or copy editing—or even basic proofreading—the process begins by discussing the particularities of your project. I will tailor my efforts to where you are and where you want to go. Depending on the form of your project, my feedback will consider some or all of the following:

Structure
Clarity
Tone
Accuracy (fact-checking)
Consistency of voice
Grammar and punctuation
Style and usage
Plot development

My editorial experience spans genres—from fiction, memoir, and literary criticism to business books and corporate materials in the health-care, hospitality, banking, transportation, and agricultural fields. Whatever the topic and form, the same guiding editorial questions apply: What's your message? What's your voice? Who's your audience?
Specialties
  • Fiction—novels and essays
  • Memoir
  • Blog posts
  • Advertising copy
  • Website content
  • Social-media messaging
  • Business books
  • Academic manuscripts
  • Family histories
  • Grant proposals
  • Book cover blurbs and summaries

For a quote, send me an inquiry here.

Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. Both are very hard work. Writing something is almost as hard as making a table. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. Both are full of tricks and techniques. Basically very little magic and a lot of hard work are involved.

—Gabriel García Márquez in an interview with Peter H. Stone,
    The Paris Review (no. 82), 1981 

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