EDITING, PROOFREADING, WRITING
PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITED EDITING
Accredited Editor (Institute of Professional Editors)
Certified Life Sciences Editor (Board of Editing in the Life Sciences)
Professional Member, Council of Science Editors
Professional Member, Australasian Medical Writers Association
Professional Member, Australian Society for Technical Communication
workwisewords is a Canberra-based company providing accredited and certified editing, proofreading and writing services. Established in 2014, workwisewords works with academics and students in Australia and abroad; Commonwealth and State/Territory departments and agencies; a wide range of industry, business and not-for-profit organisations; fiction and non-fiction authors and Australian and international publishing houses.
workwisewords is a professional member of the Institute for Professional Editors, the Board of Editing in the Life Sciences, the Council of Science Editors, Editors NSW, the Canberra Society of Editors, the Australasian Medical Writers Association, the Australian Society for Technical Communication, the Australia and New Zealand Society of Indexers, the Plain Language Association International and Clarity International.
Services
Thesis and academic
With over thirty years’ experience in writing, examining and editing research for publication, I have helped hundreds of researchers from more than 100 universities, research institutes and scholarly publishers worldwide. Contact me to ask about professional support for theses and dissertations (standard, by publication, and exegesis + portfolio), journal articles, monographs and anthologies, conference papers and presentations, research and grant proposals and more.
Government and corporate
Over more than twenty years working with the government and private sectors, I have managed annual reports, drafted strategic and corporate plans, designed communications strategies, developed agency style guides and taught effective communication. Contact me for professional support – from planning and drafting to copyediting. layout and indexing – for publications that comply with style requirements, Plain English guidelines and accessibility standards.
Authors and publishers
workwisewords helps authors – and publishers – to manage every stage of the writing process: from planning and outlining (including adapting research for book form) to drafting and development through to copyediting, proofreading and publication. Contact me for expert assistance with outlining, manuscript assessment, editing and proofreading or support with ghost writing and self-publishing.
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Annual Reports
STRATEGIC PLANS & CORPORATE REPORTS
RESEARCH REPORTS & DISCUSSION PAPERS
Text and Reference Books
Scholarly Publishing
Fiction and Creative Non-fiction
workwisewords offers...
Value
Be sure your editor is accredited or certified – there is no value paying for substandard work from an unqualified editor or a freelancer ‘overseen’ by a qualified editor. workwisewords provides upfront quotes at among the most competitive rates in Australia .
Clear upfront costs based on word count
All work performed by an accredited and certified editor
Discount and deferred payment options for eligible clients
Quality
With industry accreditation, professional membership of editing bodies and extensive experience in the public and private sectors as well as academia, workwisewords provides comprehensive support for clients across all project types and subject areas.
Confidence
In choosing an accredited editor, clients can be confident that their editor has a proven record in professional editing practice and has formal recognition of their competence in applying the professional standards established in the Australian Standards for Editing Practice.