Perhaps you're applying to graduate school and agonizing over your personal statement, or trying to perfect the latest draft of a journal article or grant application. Or, maybe, you're doing your best to write the next great American novel and need a little guidance? It's possible you're looking for someone to write content for your business' website or newsletter. Or, do you need to review the final proof of your manuscript before sending it out into the world?
Whatever your writing and editing needs, I'm here to help! I'm a lifelong passionate reader and a trained physician with a master's degree in clinical research. I've written and published opinion pieces, book reviews, scientific journal articles, academic book chapters, and fiction pieces, edited fiction and nonfiction works for publication, and served as a peer reviewer for medical journals. During medical school, residency, and fellowship training, I participated in my programs' admissions committees. In many of these contexts, I've been in the role of both writer and intended audience, so I'm intimately familiar with what you're going through and with what your readers want. All the skills and knowledge I've gained will be at your disposal.
Available services include:
- review of college, graduate school, and medical school application materials and assistance crafting and polishing your personal statement
- proofreading: review of a final draft or manuscript proof to ensure spelling, basic grammar, and punctuation are correct and formatting is consistent
- copy editing: line-by-line review and correction of errors in grammar, spelling, syntax, punctuation, and technical consistency (e.g., U.K. versus U.S. spelling, numeral usage, hyphenation, abbreviations, etc.)
- line editing: line-by-line manuscript review and feedback at the sentence and paragraph level, focused on structure and organization, readability, language use, and effectiveness
- creative editing: iterative process including line editing as well as critique of creative content, including writing style, narrative and pacing, character development, coherence, voice, etc.
- beta reading: read-through of a book draft, screenplay, poetry, etc. with non-technical written feedback from a reader's perspective
- literature searches and background research summaries for academic medical writing
- citation management
- content writing for your blog, website, or social media page
Book Editing
Line Editing
Literature Review
Citations
Data Entry
Scientific Literature Review
Academic Research
Beta Reading
Personal Statement
Copy Editing
Editing & Proofreading
Writing
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Science & Medicine
