PURPLEampersand
writing, editing, and proofreading
WRITING
What we will do for you:
We speak with you about the style you are aiming for in your work. Whether you need the writing to be strictly informative and serious in nature, or lighthearted with a touch of humour, we will accommodate. Our writing is clear, concise, accurate, and rendered in whatever tone your project requires. We take your information and ideas and spin them into a coherent, easy-to-read text that achieves your stylistic goals and has optimal impact on its intended audience.
Our writing experience includes:
Media: Newspapers, television scripts, web content, blog posts
Academic: Research papers, reports, PowerPoint presentations
Employment: Resumes, cover letters, and general correspondence
Non-Profit: Grant applications, fundraising campaigns, internal communications
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EDITING
What we will do for you:
Substantive Editing:
We’ll make sure your words flow and convey your ideas with clarity and style. We can do as much or as little as you’d like, including rearranging sentences and paragraphs to best position your ideas and capture your audience, suggesting areas that need fleshing out, and proposing cuts that would streamline your prose.
Copy Editing:
We’ll make sure that spelling, grammar, and mechanical details are immaculate, and that formatting and layout issues are consistent.
Fact Checking:
Need us to double check your data? We’ll ensure that your details are as gleamingly accurate as your prose. We handle facts, dates, times, phone numbers, addresses, and more.
We’ll check over your work with our fine-toothed comb, finding any errors that have escaped your notice. We have spent years poring over language rules and style guides, memorizing minutiae so you don’t have to.
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You contact us at: purpleampersand@gmail.com, attaching your project in an editable file.
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We edit the first 10% of the project for free, so you can get a feel for what we do. With that providing the scope, we send back your file with an estimate for the whole job within 24 hours.
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Once you give us the go-ahead, you will receive your edited work back from us, on or before your given deadline, with all changes indicated in Microsoft Word.
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You accept suggested changes and finalize your document.
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You refer us to a new client and receive a 10% discount on your next project with us.