EDITING

Below are examples of my developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading skills, as well as my examples of my editing process

"THE ONLY GUN IN THE ROOM" EDITS

I edited this piece for a grammar and editing course at Michigan State University. This document shows my use of track changes in Microsoft Word to developmentally edit "The Only Gun in the Room" before it was submitted to a flash fiction magazine.

"THE ONLY GUN IN THE ROOM" STYLE GUIDE

The second part of my grammar and editing project for "The Only Gun in the Room" was to create a style guide according to the flash fiction genre and as a guide for the edits I made within the story.

"THE ONLY GUN IN THE ROOM" MEMO

The third and final piece of my grammar and editing project for "The Only Gun in the Room" was to send the author a memo explaining and justifying my changes and suggestions.

"BREAK BEAT LITERATURE" EDITS

I edited this article for a coworker using track changes and comments in Microsoft Word before it was published on the College of Arts & Letters' website.

"SPEECHLESS" COPYEDIT

I edited this piece for a grammar and editing course at Michigan State University. This documents shows my use of comments and track changes in Microsoft Word to copyedit "Speechless" before it was submitted to a flash fiction magazine.