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Cheap Editing & Proofreading Services

Hello!

Have you written something that you would like to have checked over for errors? Do you not have the money to pay a well-established proofreader? Here at Jones' Cheap Editing, we try our very best to revise and improve your work. Our editing involves deleting repeated words, fixing typos, making you aware of any inaccuracies or plot holes that we find, and more.

So, at this point (if we are doing any good at making a convincing ad, which may or may not be happening), you might be wondering how it works. You can contact us by either sending a DM to our Tumblr account or by emailing [email protected]. You can tell us anything specific you'd like us to focus on or simply state that you are interested in our services. Then, preferably on Google Docs, share your work with the same email mentioned previously ([email protected]).

We charge $2 for every 10 pages. For clarification purposes, this means that 11 pages will cost $4. (Payments must be made in Amazon gift cards; we acknowledge this is a strange payment method, but it is the only one we have.)

We are willing to proofread just about anything, provided it is in American English (as we are only capable of speaking English and are not very educated in Oxford English). Note that while we are editors, we are also human beings and may miss a mistake or two; however, we read over pages multiple times to try to find all errors.

We hope that you will consider our services for your projects!

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Repetition, repetition, repetition – it will MURDER your book!

My clients are almost always rookies with great ideas for their books and a passion for their work. But they ALL make the exact same mistakes. Just as I did when I was starting out.

The number one mistake? Repetition. I am continually amazed when my editor returns a chapter for my review and I realize I used the word "instantly" several times on the same page. Doesn’t seem like a big deal? It happens to be a huge red flag that will mark you as a novice faster than you can blink.

Most writers are guilty of this major error without even realizing it. The reason? Caught up in the moment, when we’re in our own little world and the words are flying from our fingertips—we just aren’t thinking out such trivial things as our go-to words. Some of you might not even realize you have go-to words, but trust me you do. I recently edited a few chapters for a client where he described everything as "massive." And with another client, it was always Tuesday. These things should be caught during the editing process, but there’s a lot you can do to minimize repetition before your manuscript ever goes to the editor—giving them more time to focus on more important details.

First is typical repetition, which happens when you use the same handful of words in your descriptions. If something is "large," it is either "massive," "huge," or "giant." And you use those three words throughout your three-hundred page novel. But what about these synonyms? Enormous, gigantic, big, hefty, bulky, sturdy, etc. Get friendly with your thesaurus! It is your best friend. If you don't have the thesaurus open on your desktop at all times, you are missing a very important tool. The trick to managing this issue is finding that fine line between avoiding repetition, and going out of your way to NOT say that one word again so that it becomes painfully obvious what you are doing, and the result is awkward or wordy phrasing that just doesn't work. First, be aware of the words you use too often. Replace or eliminate the ones you can, and keep the ones that work.

The second kind of repetition happens in dialogue and dialogue tagging—the he said, she saids. Make sure you are using a good variety of dialogue verbs but, again, there is that fine line of too much and not enough. For example, sometimes, a "she asked" is all you need. And sometimes "she queried" is just plain awkward and other times—many other times, the tag isn't needed at all.

Excessive use of names in dialogue and dialogue tagging is also a huge source of repetition. Names should be present as a cue to the reader so they will know who is talking, who is present in the scene, etc. But names can be distracting when overdone. When proofreading, ask yourself if a pronoun would suffice instead of a name.

The bottom line is this: we all have our blinders up when we work on our manuscripts. After months and even years of staring at these things, we just don’t see the mistakes. But sometimes we get too focused on the story and we aren’t thinking about the words we’re using.

Look for my upcoming blog on the two types of proofreading to make sure you are making the most of your efforts long before you hire an editor.  

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Lesson learned.

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