Writer in Minneapolis, Minnesota

A great editor is a barber, not a butcher. You already have a great product, concept, story, whatever—what you need is somebody to clean it up and make it presentable. Somebody who understands your vision and can communicate it. Somebody who knows what he’s doing. I have over five years of professional experience, on over 1000 documents, running the gamut from six-figure budget approvals to indie rock music reviews. I take a solutions-based approach to editing. My worth to you is as a highly skilled problem solver, not as a fussy grammarian. That being said, any editor worth his ducats should know a broad range of style and usage guides, and he should know where they differ on key points. Writing and editing, like anything else you should pay someone for, are technical skills. The creative side of it is communication: making the written word feel like a face-to-face conversation with a warm and fascinating friend. I’ve learned how to do both the hard way: over late nights spent enthralled by style manuals; over hundreds of conversations with great writers and editors; and most importantly, over pages and pages of pages of copy. I love this stuff, and I’m good at it. And that’s why you hire me. Services: copywriting, copyediting, technical writing, etc.