editing archive
Editing business documents
As a business, you want to successfully get your message across to your target audiences – especially to customers and potential customers – in print and online.
Getting the content right in a business document takes time and effort. Having a professional editor review the written document can take your well-written text to the next level.
A …
Business Testimonials – Editing and Proofreading
We thank our clients who have taken the time to express their appreciation for our writing, editing and proofreading services. If you would like an obligation free quote, please contact Susie Stevens on 0410 037 635 or email Susie with details of your project.
I needed a good freelance editor based in Sydney who could give …
Freelance Sydney Editor
Susie Stevens is a freelance editor working in Sydney Australia. Her experience as an editor is extensive with over 25 years working in the publishing industry.
What’s the difference between editing and proofreading?
Traditionally editing is a three-part process:
structural (substantive) edit
copy edit
proofread.
In a nutshell, the structural edit is done if the manuscript …
Editing and Proofreading Rates
Bold Type is an editing and proofreading business based in Sydney Australia. We work for businesses, government departments, publishing companies, academics and writers from all over Australia and the world.
Our rates are reasonable but not the cheapest you will find.
However, you will get a very professional editor and proofreader with many years of experience working …
Incoming links are great for SEO
As the process of continually adding new content to your website is vital for improving your search engine optimisation (SEO), so too is having quality links from websites related to your industry – preferably websites that rank highly themselves.
One of the ways to encourage incoming links is to add a ‘Link to us’ page on …
Editorial question: should Internet be spelt with a cap ‘I’ or a lower case ‘i’?
As an editor writing for print and the web, I have been asked many times about how to write Internet – with a cap ‘I’ or a lower case ‘i’.
In Australia, the source of all wisdom on such matters is the Macquarie Dictionary which advocates Internet with a cap ‘I’. They don’t give a reason …
12 tips for writing content for a webpage
Writing content on a webpage? Check your text against these 12 tips.
Content needs to be clear, concise and easy to read – that’s it.
Headings and sub-headings need to be clear and mean something – avoid puns and other attempts at humour and forget clever – just make sure that headings explain the text …
Converting text from print to web publishing
Converting text from a traditional print format to a web-style format requires more than a traditional structural (substantive) edit and copy edit. The flow of a print document is linear. The same content on-screen requires a completely different navigational system.
Recently, I was given the job to edit an Engineering Careers Manual which had been written …
