Developmental Editing Service
January 9, 2024 | Blog
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Our developmental editing service is uniquely tailored to the needs of students, academics, and professionals, focusing on the early stages of manuscript development. We specialize in transforming your ideas into well-structured, coherent, and academically sound documents.
Our approach to developmental editing
- Early engagement: We recommend early collaboration to lay a solid foundation for your manuscript from the beginning.
- In-depth feedback: Our feedback addresses the suitability of your content, organization, and argumentation, and highlights areas for expansion.
- Alignment with academic standards: We ensure your manuscript adheres to academic conventions and standards.
- Collaborative process: Our approach is collaborative. During an initial call with you, we’ll ask about your vision and goals for your manuscript. Our manuscript assessment and developmental edit will then seek to align your manuscript with that vision to ensure your document effectively meets the needs of your intended audience.
- Customized guidance: We tailor our advice to your needs. This is especially valuable to EFL authors, who need additional assistance to overcome the language barriers that stand between them and academic success.
- Subject-matter experts: Every developmental editing client is paired with an editor who has specialized knowledge in the same academic field. This means your manuscript receives comprehensive attention from someone who truly understands your content and can help you round out your arguments to present your research in the best possible light.
Our expertise
Our team of seasoned developmental editors have worked with clients from a range of fields on a variety of documents. They are experts in their fields and in working with ESL authors to bring their ideas to fruition as polished, well-structured documents.
Our process
Consultation and manuscript assessment
- Initial consultation: You’ll have an online call with your editor to help them understand your manuscript’s objectives and audience. You can also communicate with your editor over email, if you prefer asynchronous conversations.
- Manuscript assessment: We conduct an in-depth review of your academic or nonfiction manuscript, concentrating on its structural integrity, coherence in argumentation, and the clarity of its scholarly or informational narrative.
- Detailed feedback: We’ll provide you with a written assessment of your manuscript in the form of an editorial report. The report will contain a comprehensive assessment of your document, where it currently falls short of its intended goals (as discussed during your initial consultation with your editor), and a developmental editing plan that details how to move your manuscript from its current state to its desired state.
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Please contact us for a bespoke quotation for your consultation and manuscript assessment today.
Full developmental edit
Once you’ve received your manuscript assessment from us, you might want to make the necessary changes yourself, in which case we can take on a support role to help guide you through the process.
If you need a little more help, your editor can also intensively help restructure your manuscript, working through the developmental issues by creating an in-depth markup of the manuscript itself and by making structural changes directly to your manuscript.
Depending on the nature of our work at this stage, we’ll provide you with a bespoke quotation that accurately captures our degree of involvement.
Who can benefit from developmental editing?
- Students: We can assist you by developing your essays, theses, and dissertations to make sure your research is presented effectively.
- Academics: We provide support in in refining articles, papers, and proposals to meet academic standards.
- Professionals: We enhance professional documents for clarity and impact.
Why choose us for your developmental editing needs?
- Customized service: We understand that developmental editing is not a one-size-fits-all service. Each manuscript has a specific set of needs, and your editor will work with you to make sure your ideas are translated into a sound, well-structured, and lucid document.
- Subject-matter experts: We take care to match writers with editors in the same field. Only a subject-matter expert can truly understand your technical content and translate your research into language that appeals to your audience.
- ESL expertise: We specialize in working with EFL writers. Recognizing the unique challenges faced by EFL writers, our approach is designed to comprehensively improve the structure of your manuscript, its argument, and its compliance with academic conventions. Our editors work closely with authors to ensure their ideas are accurately conveyed, offering personalized feedback and guidance.
- The Cambridge Quality Guarantee: Our developmental editing service adheres to the same strict set of quality standards that sets our academic line editing service apart.
- Confidentiality: We rigorously adhere to a strict set of security guidelines to maintain our clients’ privacy and confidentiality.
Get started today
Elevate your manuscript with our expert developmental editing. Contact us today to arrange a consultation and bespoke quotation. We tailor our services to meet the unique needs and goals of your project, ensuring a personalized approach that maximizes the potential of your academic work.