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Developmental editing
This is editing at its most intense, for projects that need a lot of attention to detail and serious reworking. Perfect for critical revise-and-resubmit situations or when your goal is to prevent a desk reject for an important paper.
Two levels of developmental
An intense level of editing, for projects that need great attention to detail and serious reworking. Perfect for critical revise-and-resubmit projects.
A level of editing one higher than "Developmental," including a separate summary and commentary, including advice on how
the author could further strengthen the paper.
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What to expect from a
Developmental edit
What I do in developmental editing is like text surgery: I cut, I add, I move around, I advise, but in the end, my goal is to save the patient and make her stronger and more resilient. My "text surgeries" are also long. I invest around five minutes per word over many days and multiple rounds of editing to bring a submitted text to more-closely align my clients' written text to their intended meaning.
Before
After
"...Analyzing the current make-up of the choice architecture in grocery stores is therefore an important first step to [pinpointing/discovering] [?] whether this architecture influences customer decision making - intentionally or not - and to identifying whether grocery stores take advantage of their influence..."
"...Since the environment is constantly nudging the decision-making process, even without any intervention from a choice architect (Sunstein, 2014), it is important to analyze the current make-up of the choice architecture in grocery stores irrespective of any intentional influence, which would identify its influence on customer decision-making..."
What to expect from a
Developmental Plus edit
Basically, everything you get from a "Developmental" edit, but more. Expect a higher level of editing, more comments, plus, a separate written editing summary and commentary with advice and suggestions for further improving the paper.
Before
After
"...Education and teaching have taken on new relevance during the COVID-19 pandemic, which presents us with an opportunity to sustainably design digital teaching and to put universities on a new path towards sustainability..."
"...Under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and against the backdrop of the sustainable design of digital teaching, the area of education and teaching takes on new relevance on the path of universities towards sustainable universities...."