Writing Support Editing Services

Your texts belong to you. We respect your privacy and copyright of your text is yours. We do not store copies of your texts. We keep a copy of the edited text for a short time in case there is need for further redaction. Upon request we will delete it immediately. One reason we do not use AI tools is because texts may be used by the tool provider for their own training purposes.

This depends on the length of your document, the service you choose, and our current work load. You can view current turnaround times on the turnaround page (the times may be shorter than indicated). We do not offer a priority service for fast turnarounds.

Please make sure the word count is correct. An incorrect word count will delay the completion of your order. In Microsoft Word you can find the word count by clicking on the Tools menu and selecting Word Count... You can also see the word count on the Status Bar at the bottom. If you are using the Mac Pages App click the View button on the toolbar and select Show Character Count. You can also paste your text into the window on the word count page.

Select all the text in the file (CTRL + A), Copy (CTRL + C), and paste (CTRL + V) into the word count window on the word count page.

Writing Support does not use AI for reasons of privacy and because we believe that writing is a human process which requires human thought, experience, and expertise.

We do not check for plagiarism. The text is yours and you are responsible for ensuring that your text is original and not plagiarised. If we suspect that your text is not original we will not work on it and we will refund you.

For general text editing MS Word files are the best option because MS Word has good editing/reviewing features. However, you can send any of the following text file types: .docx, .doc, .txt, .rtf, .pages, .pdf, .htm, .html.

1.Decide which service you require (Proofreading - Copy Editing - Writing Support). 2. Find the word count for your document. 3. Go to the Order page and enter your details, the word count, any requests (such as British or American spelling, or style applications). 4. Proceed to the checkout page. You will receive an acknowledgement of the order once we have checked the word count and any details you have entered.

Yes. It is an https website meaning that the data between you and the website is encrypted.

No. You can send a text of any length. But be aware that the minimum billing amount is for a text of 500 words.

Use the tools on the Review Tab to reject or accept changes.
You can also right click on each insertion to accept or reject it.
You can also right click on an insertion (or comment) balloon to accept or reject it.

Yes. Not only that, but editors must have editing and/or English language qualifications and experience.

No. This is an editing service, not a translation service.

We do not recommend this. Editing a translation is sometimes more difficult than translating itself. And if you are using this service in order to improve you English writing skills, you won't learn much by using this strategy.

Yes. We can apply style guides such as APA, MLA, etc. You can also supply a particular style guide if you particular styling needs. Please make a note of that with your order, and upload a particular style guide if you have one.

No. There are various reasons that AI is not used:

• Confidentiality: Many AI tools, especially free ones use uploaded texts for training purposes. This means that your text, or parts of your text, may appear later in other generated texts. It's unlikely that anything uploaded to a generative AI tool will remain fully confidential. You should be aware or this if you use these tools to help with your own writing.
• Transparency: It is important to be honest, open and clear about your sources. It's difficult to do this if the results given by generative AI don't provide accurate and reliable sources, and often they don't. Also, generative AI providers themselves are not particularly transparent about their sources. If you choose to use AI to help with the generation of texts then you should be clear about that and acknowledge it as you would any other source. For our part, we believe that that human editing its the best way forward and we don't use AI.
• Copyright: You are legally and ethically responsible for the texts you produce. If you rely on generative AI you cannot be sure that you have not infringed someone's copyright.
• Ownership: Can you honestly consider yourself the creator and owner of a text which is only partly generated by you? A text should contain your ideas written in your words for your audience. If you use AI you can easily fall into the trap of using words or phrases which you do not fully understand, perhaps distorting what you originally intended to say. You are also in danger of plagiarising is you use long phrases on sentences attributable to someone else without acknowledgement. You must also consider the type of language you use, starting with your audience and your purpose. You need to consider nuance and context; the same thing may be said in many different ways but they will all have subtly different effects on the reader. AI may not be able to make the correct choices in this regard. Only you can do that.
• Learning to Write: Learning to write well is not easy. It takes time, effort, practice. Only you can do this. If you hand over responsibility for writing a text you are missing the opportunity to learn how to write well. The struggle to write well not only helps you to write better, it also helps you to think better. This struggle helps you to clarify your ideas. It's well worth the effort.