Surely editing is just spotting typos?
Catherine Forward Catherine Forward

Surely editing is just spotting typos?

About half the work that I do is editing and proofreading other people’s work (you can see some of the documents that I’ve worked on in my proofreading portfolio). It’s so much more than spotting pesky typos. Creating a consistent document in terms of writing style, headings, terminology, and layout can give a document the professional polish that it needs, making it easy for the reader. So what am I on the look out for? Aside from adherence to the style guide, these are the top 10 big hitters that are on my radar, that I see time and time again.

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