{"id":37,"date":"2026-10-16T06:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-personal\/copy-editing\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:23:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:23:25","slug":"copy-editing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-personal\/work\/copy-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Copy editing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"37\" class=\"elementor elementor-37\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd1d9e4 e-con-boxed lt-sec lt-pagehead e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd1d9e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12df9dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"12df9dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-594b0fc lt-pagehead__title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"594b0fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Copy editing<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc9b62c lt-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc9b62c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Careful editing for books, reports and websites, with questions in the margin rather than rewrites.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c05016 e-con-boxed lt-sec lt-tint e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c05016\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"included\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b97b353 e-grid e-con-full lt-head e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b97b353\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51b5236 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51b5236\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What an edit includes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-072f6af lt-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"072f6af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Copy editing reads for sense and consistency; proofreading catches what is left on the final layout.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ff4a03 e-con-full lt-rows lt-prices e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ff4a03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b22cee e-grid e-con-full lt-price e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b22cee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e77e79c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e77e79c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268c9e8 lt-price__label elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"268c9e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sense and flow<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca4c6a lt-price__note elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ca4c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Unclear sentences, repeats, jumps in the argument<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bbcf1b lt-price__amount elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bbcf1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">Copy edit<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5e73c2 e-grid e-con-full lt-price e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b5e73c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5b5679 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a5b5679\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f69d51 lt-price__label elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f69d51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Consistency<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b93d6b3 lt-price__note elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b93d6b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Names, dates, numbers and spelling, kept in a style sheet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2122f93 lt-price__amount elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2122f93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">Copy edit<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74db362 e-grid e-con-full lt-price e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74db362\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd3602 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bdd3602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87e51f0 lt-price__label elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87e51f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Facts that look wrong<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-664e8c9 lt-price__note elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"664e8c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Flagged as a query, never changed silently<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbb86ca lt-price__amount elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbb86ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">Copy edit<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-419e455 e-grid e-con-full lt-price e-con e-child\" data-id=\"419e455\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2943e9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2943e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d744ab1 lt-price__label elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d744ab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Typos and layout slips<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9415c4 lt-price__note elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9415c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Widows, page numbers, captions, the index<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-415176c lt-price__amount elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"415176c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">Proofread<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6b9420 e-con-boxed lt-sec e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6b9420\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"steps\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae056d e-grid e-con-full lt-head e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ae056d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ccbdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ccbdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How an editing job goes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b2209 lt-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23b2209\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The same five steps for a long book or a short report.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8693c2 e-grid e-con-full lt-steps e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a8693c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6081ca5 e-con-full lt-step e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6081ca5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c89a217 lt-step__n elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c89a217\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">1<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdb3b90 lt-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bdb3b90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">You send a sample<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c842c6 lt-note elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c842c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two or three pages and a line on who will read it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7592fe0 e-con-full lt-step e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7592fe0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9968c07 lt-step__n elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9968c07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">2<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d348dc2 lt-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d348dc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I edit the sample<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46af28 lt-note elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c46af28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Free, so you can see how I mark things up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-058df4f e-con-full lt-step e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"058df4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-013398a lt-step__n elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"013398a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">3<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e715b1e lt-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e715b1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We agree price and date<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bea8bc lt-note elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bea8bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fixed price, a start date and a finish date.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e941bde e-con-full lt-step e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e941bde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3be09d4 lt-step__n elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3be09d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">4<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d95ec01 lt-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d95ec01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Edit and queries<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-114276b lt-note elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"114276b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tracked changes, with questions in the margin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c3933f e-con-full lt-step e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c3933f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b513369 lt-step__n elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b513369\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lt-num\">5<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edc7b4e lt-h4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edc7b4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Final file<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92772df lt-note elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92772df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A clean copy, the marked-up copy and a style sheet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a0416a e-con-boxed lt-sec lt-dark lt-cta e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a0416a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"ask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b3a70 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d1b3a70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe1642e lt-cta__title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe1642e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Send me a sample<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a208ae2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a208ae2\" 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