Editing Services and Rates

It can be said that effective writing is key, but presentation is vital. A great message can only be brought to its full potential when it is vetted through the full editorial process. Pathway Writings editing services will ensure that your work is presented to its fullest strength for the greatest impact. We work on a wide range of documents such as essays, reports, white papers, articles, speeches, newsletters, website content, blog posts, and social media posts.

While there are many important stages in the editorial process, Pathway Writings editing services focuses on two crucial stages of review—copyediting and proofreading. If you’re not certain if your work needs copyediting review or just proofreading, check out the descriptives below.

We work with CMOS, APA/MLA, and AP style guides; Webster's New World College and Merriam-Webster Collegiate dictionaries; and Google Docs, MS Word, and PDF formats.

Copyediting focuses on content for the sake of clarity and readability. This stage of reveiw checks for:

• Adherence to assigned style guide
• Syntax
• Consistency of tone and character
• Grammatical, typographical, and punctuation errors 
• Proper word usage and misspelled words
• Consistency of headings, subheadings
• Accuracy of the table of contents, footnotes, bibliography, etc. (if applicable) 
• Correct URLs

Proofreading reviews the final version of a document to ensure that it is free of errors and is consistent in layout. This stage of review checks for:

• Grammatical, typographical, and punctuation errors 
• Proper word usage
• Misspelled words
• Presentation of tables and charts 
• Spacing and indentation of text
• Accuracy of page and chapter numbering
• Consistency in the spacing of headers and footers
• Consistency of font type and size

Rates