Academic Paper Editing

Academicians and skilled writers seldom come in the same package, yet if there ever was a case where 'content is king,' it's most certainly apparent in the academic paper.

We're talking serious consequences here, such as tenure, advancement in a particular department, perhaps a book in the offing or recognition of one kind or another. At the very least, your work will stand pretty much naked before your peers. Let's clothe it as well as possible.

Content is king

Having acknowledged that, a well-organized paper that speaks in a language appropriate to the subject will float like cream to the top of academic publishing. For many, outside your immediate peer group, your paper is you. How you present yourself in a published paper may affect

• Invitations to lecture
• Study or research opportunities abroad
• Advancement at your college or university
• Tenure
• Inclusion on important boards, panels or peer review groups
• A personal enthusiasm toward writing additional papers or a book in your chosen field

You are what you have written or spoken

Unless you're extremely well-known in your field, your most public face will be the words written in your name. Be sure they are the best they can possibly be.

Whether it be academic writing, a research paper, faculty publishing or for a journal, sympathetic editing is a must.

• Academic writing tends to get wound in its own terminology, which is fine and certainly necessary. But when the rope twists too often in the same sentence or paragraph, meaning can become distorted.
• If the paper needs to be a certain number of pages beyond the point fo the actual information contained, resist the temptation to say things over or in additional context. There is much to write about past the bare bones and a talented editor can find entertaining ways to properly exten text to fit requirements.

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Check out our pricing structure. Better than that (for both of us) send me a paragraph and I'll work it over at no charge.

After all, a proper fit is only as good as the cut of the clothes.