MKDiehl Editing Services
MKDiehl Editing Services

MKDiehl Editing Services

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Introduction: Writing and editing fiction for thirty years (three books published, all New York Times books of the Year) has made me acutely aware of the structure of sentence and story, the many word choices available and the importance of description, detail, pace, suspense, and rhythm. I understand how to shape a plot and bring a character or setting to life--and how to explain that to you. This deep awareness of the potential of language, as well as a thorough command of grammar, spelling, punctuation and word usage, is helpful for nonfiction editing as well as fiction. I've read widely in literature, popular fiction, history, psychology, science, philosophy and the arts. In more recent years, I have done a lot of work editing academic and professional papers and books. I'm well versed in APA, MLA, and Chicago styles and am very good at clarifying, streamlining and organizing arguments. In the fields of medicine, healthcare, psychology/social sciences, history, arts, political science or philosophy, I have an educated layman's understanding of the important figures and theories; in some cases, much more than that. I like to work on the minutia--word choice and comma placement--and the big picture. In any given week I will work on academic, nonfiction and fiction articles/stories/books, doing copy editing, proofing, and developmental editing. The variety of tasks keeps me interested and engaged.
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Nov 11, 2017
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Margaret Diehl