Editorial Projects
Welcome to my Editorial Projects page. Below you can find examples of my experience editing a variety of different materials, from creative writing pieces to technical documents, demonstrating my adaptability and thorough knowledge of editing principles. In each project, I begin by analyzing the type of document, its rhetorical situation, and its potential audience. This allows me to accurately judge the amount of substantive and copy editing as well as any design or formatting changes that need to be completed. In particular, I focus on what edits and queries will help both the author and users the most.
Along with standard editing, I pay special attention to uplifting diverse voices and acting as a sensitivity reader for any type of document I’m given. The media we consume always has an impact on our world, so it’s important as an editor to ensure the document has a positive, informative impact. You can read more about my editorial values in the statement below. Otherwise, enjoy exploring my editorial projects!
Stylus: A Journal of First Year Writing
Below you can find the front matter for the edition of Stylus: A Journal of First Year Writing that I contributed to as an editor. Stylus is an internationally respected university publication at the University of Central Florida. Through a rigorous and competitive selection process, Stylus publishes the standard of academic writing for first year college students. The front matter below includes the Letter from the Editor, which I helped to write and publish.
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Fiction Editorial
Murder Mystery Short Story
This document is a short creative fiction piece that needed to be edited for the client to send it as a submission. I carried out my edits to increase coherency and readability for the audience while keeping in mind to not overshadow the creative stylistic voice of the author. The following documents demonstrate my ability to substantive and copy edit in a creative capacity as well as my ability to understand the audience and rhetorical situation of a document. The document also includes the use of Microsoft Work's Track Changes, showing my ability to use industry standard software. The client's name has been redacted from the documents to ensure privacy and anonymity.
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Electronic Document Editorial
Indian Rocks Beach City Website
Included below is my transmittal letter for suggested edits to the Indian Rocks Beach official city website. Not only does the website include significant substantive and design edits across the pages, but the site has smaller copy edits and detailed errors. The following edits show my ability to make accurate and helpful design suggests based on the C.R.A.P. principles of design as well as efficiently make substantive and copy edits for electronic documents.
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Essay Editorial
Review of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
In this project, I helped a client improve their essay reviewing the style guide, The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. The essay mainly required improvements in the organization and elaboration of information and the queries and edits made show my editing skills in increasing coherency, checking for accuracy, and ensuring optimal organization in academic works. Through these documents, I also show my aptitude for querying authors in an appropriate, efficient manner.
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Technical Document Editorial
Marketing Resume and Cover Letter
For this project, I helped a marketing student update his resume and cover letter for a job application. The client wanted their best shot at a marketing job for the Utah Jazz, so I helped with improve the conciseness and relevance of the documents as well as increasing the marketability of the client. These edits show my ability to carry out substantive and line edits on a technical document and my skills with design and marketing. Additionally, this project shows my proficiency using Microsoft Word's Track Changes software.
