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Editors are skilled professionals. They are qualified and accredited. Using a professional editor makes sure your message is understood.

Yarraboy Editorial Services provides a lifetime of editing experience over all genres of fact and fiction: romance, crime, fantasy, historical, sci-fi, self-help, young adult, biography, medical, technical, academic, memoirs, travel, mental health and much more.

Regardless of genre or topic, we liaise closely with authors to put the final polish on their work.

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    It would greatly help if you could attach a sample, perhaps the opening chapter or an extract of no more than 3000 words. Please use one of the following formats: .pdf, .doc, .docx, or .txt.

    ALL written material needs editing. From full-scale novels and biographies to restaurant menus, mail-outs and websites.

    To communicate via the written word, it is essential to use the right words and phrasing. This ensures everything you write is fully understood by those you aim to reach.

    Sentences written to impress rarely achieve their goal. They confuse rather than clarify.

    Bad punctuation, incorrect grammar, wrong spelling and misused words are major barriers to being understood. So, too, are convoluted and overlong sentences that say nothing or obscure the intended meaning.

    Simplify technical language. Eliminate jargon. Don’t use two words when one will suffice. Avoid close repetition of words and phrases. Transform long and cumbersome sentences into shorter, snappier ones.

    Engage a pro to get it right

    Because a person can change a light bulb does not make them an electrician. And running a manuscript through Spellcheck does not mean it has been edited.

    Editors, like electricians, are skilled professionals. They are qualified and accredited. Using a professional editor makes sure your message is understood.

    You may have written a best-seller novel (which is what we all believe) but whether seeking a publisher or doing it yourself, your manuscript needs that final polish only a professional editor can provide.

    It is said everyone has a book somewhere inside them, but the temptation to be ‘literary’ sometimes needs to be curbed. Every word and every sentence requires reviewing by a dispassionate but caring eye. A sympathetic but strong editor can turn purple prose into words of gold.

    A sympathetic but strong editor can turn purple prose into words of gold.

    Family historians are adept at collating the mundane facts and figures of past lives, their own or someone else’s. But it requires a storyteller’s touch to make them ‘sing’ on the page, make our ancestors live again and grab a reader’s interest. Transforming dates and place names into a lively tale needs the expert touch of an editor who has ‘been there, done that’.

    Enthusiastic writers of self-help and how-to books often overwhelm with an excess of facts and opinions. These can cloud the message and overwhelm the reader. An expert editor will bring clarity to enhance understanding regardless of the topic.

    Although the content of academic theses may be beyond the scope of a layperson the grammar, punctuation and phrasing still demand the attention of a skilled wordsmith.

      Let's discuss your project

      What would you like information on?

      It would greatly help if you could attach a sample, perhaps the opening chapter or an extract of no more than 3000 words. Please use one of the following formats: .pdf, .doc, .docx, or .txt.

      Professional bodies

      Writers association CAE

      CAE Melbourne, Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing

      Writers association IPED

      Accredited Editor, Institute of Professional Editors, Australia

      Writers association CIEP

      Professional Member, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, UK

      Writers association CWA

      Member, Crime Writers Association, UK

      Writers association ASA

      Member, Australian Society of Authors