When Every Word Matters

Ideas are valuable. They deserve to be communicated well. On those important occasions when the sophistication of your written English is paramount, it’s worth checking that your text is clear and eloquent before it’s submitted or made public.

Improving Your English

You’d like your writing to be comprehensive and meaningful. It may be that English isn’t your first language and you know your work requires editing. Equally, you may have asked for help with a translation that you think a professional English language editor should now check. If you’ve always struggled with certain aspects of your written English, you could also learn from the process of its transformation through editing.

How I Can Help

Writing is at its best when it’s a joy to read. As a writer and editor, I understand the skill and attention required to develop writing that is both creative and well structured. I’m well versed in diverse writing styles based on my experience in commercial publishing, education and the arts. Whether you have a personal statement, a script, a catalogue or a journal article to finalise, I will focus on your specific needs and those of your audience, making considered and necessary alterations to spelling, punctuation, grammar and vocabulary.

Over the past five years, I have worked for various international research networks, tourism organisations, academics, artists, film scriptwriters and directors, creative writers and local authorities. Key examples include:

• University of Innsbruck and Austrian Alpine Club (Mount Kenya tourist guide),
• EMES International Research Network (Social enterprises and their eco-systems: A European mapping report, European Commission),
  
• ForAlps Transnational Network (Alpine Refugees: Immigration at the core of Europe, Cambridge Scholars Publishing),
• Eurac Research (Academic articles),
• Un Ponte Per (NGO campaign),
• PutYourLightsOn (Website content consultation).

Brief Biography

• Native Speaker, British citizen, born in England
• Second languages, German and Italian
• Author, Farming for the Landless, Traverzbooks, and Italian translation Agricoltura per senza terra, Pentàgora Edizioni
• Commercial Editor and Copy Writer, Financial Times and Haymarket Publishing, London
• University Lecturer, University of Westminster, University of Hertfordshire and University of the Arts London
• English Teacher, Austria, Italy and Turkey (adult learning at all levels of Common European Framework)
• Independent Publisher and Exhibiting Artist, UK, Germany and Italy
• P. G. Cert, Teaching in Higher Education
• MA, Royal College of Art, London

Work Samples

Mount Kenya booklet, University of Innsbruck and Austria Alpine Club

ForAlps, Eurac

The Prince, Un Ponte Per

Ben Croker, PutYourLightsOn

Prices

Each piece of writing will receive a bespoke quote, including a one-off administration fee.

Editing prices are based on:

• number of pages (1,500 characters with spaces per standard page),
• level of English competency,
  
• turnaround time.

A reliable, high-quality, personal service is assured. Should your text require rewriting, you will be advised immediately and quoted accordingly. Express editing services are also available.

Process

Step One

Your English text is complete and you would like it edited. To receive a bespoke quote, please email:

• your entire text or a 10-page sample as a word or pdf attachment to info@sarahwaring.co.uk,
• any style guide you might be following,
• your deadline,
• a note of the length of your text (as characters with spaces).

If you are a new client, you will receive a brief correction sample with your quote at this stage.

Step Two

To confirm the job, simply respond via email. The time allocated to complete your edit will begin as soon as your confirmation and entire text are received.

Once complete, you will be sent your full edit with a brief advisory note about the main corrections to your writing via email.

Step Three

Payment needs to be received within 21 days from the work's completion.

Client Testimonials

“Sarah was a pleasure to work with and I can highly recommend her work.”
– Ben Croker

“Thank you for your great work! It’s a pleasure to learn this way.”
– Massimo Mucchiut, Un Ponte Per

Contact

Email: info@sarahwaring.co.uk