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Learn more about Word Refining, Hyper-Spelling, and getting a free proofreading sample
What does it mean to Refine?
1. Remove impurities or unwanted elements from a substance, typically as part of an industrial process.
2. Improve something by making small changes, in particular, making it (an idea, theory, or method) more subtle and accurate.
(Merriam-Webster and others).
How do I Hyper-Spell for you?
I confidentially proofread your written material, searching out impurities: missing words, misspelled words, misplaced words, and multiple words.
You might be wondering, "What is a misplaced word?"
A misplaced word is a correctly spelled word, but used in the wrong context. This problem is aggravated by the craziness of the English language. So many groups of words sound the same, these are known as homophones, for example: rite, write, right, and wright. They sound alike but have different meanings and spellings. Computer spellcheckers do not flag these misplaced words; the error remains and your work suffers. Don't forget the problems caused by typographical mistakes. Many times, a typing error creates another word that is correctly spelled and missed by the spellchecker, like form, and from. You have seen these types of mistakes before without a doubt, I certainly have. I find these errors in more than 95% of the published books I read. Mainstream publishers or Indie, it doesn't matter. The mistakes are there and I find them. I read 50 to 60 books a year.
In short, I seek spelling purity and clarity for your book or document.
Thus, your reader will more easily enjoy what you have written.
1. Remove impurities or unwanted elements from a substance, typically as part of an industrial process.
2. Improve something by making small changes, in particular, making it (an idea, theory, or method) more subtle and accurate.
(Merriam-Webster and others).
How do I Hyper-Spell for you?
I confidentially proofread your written material, searching out impurities: missing words, misspelled words, misplaced words, and multiple words.
You might be wondering, "What is a misplaced word?"
A misplaced word is a correctly spelled word, but used in the wrong context. This problem is aggravated by the craziness of the English language. So many groups of words sound the same, these are known as homophones, for example: rite, write, right, and wright. They sound alike but have different meanings and spellings. Computer spellcheckers do not flag these misplaced words; the error remains and your work suffers. Don't forget the problems caused by typographical mistakes. Many times, a typing error creates another word that is correctly spelled and missed by the spellchecker, like form, and from. You have seen these types of mistakes before without a doubt, I certainly have. I find these errors in more than 95% of the published books I read. Mainstream publishers or Indie, it doesn't matter. The mistakes are there and I find them. I read 50 to 60 books a year.
In short, I seek spelling purity and clarity for your book or document.
Thus, your reader will more easily enjoy what you have written.
Thomas Hay twitter.com/thomaslhay author of “Abduction Chronicles”:
“I am surprised with what you found. Thanks for pointing them out. Sometimes authors can't see the forest because of the trees.”
“I am surprised with what you found. Thanks for pointing them out. Sometimes authors can't see the forest because of the trees.”
What do I charge?
Level 1 Complete Word Refining: This is the deepest work and includes looking for plot holes, awkward sentences, and any misuse of words that will damage overall readability. This work includes Word Refining and The Synonym Search. The price starts at $5.00 per 1000 words and is dependent on the density of the errors found in the estimate sample.
Level 2 Hyper-Spelling: This is not as in-depth and detailed. I locate and highlight the misspelled words, misplaced words, multiple words, and missing words. This also includes The Synonym Search. Starting at $4.00 per 1000 words. The price is dependent on the density of errors found in the estimate sample.
Level 3 The Synonym Search: I find and highlight the redundant and repetitive words. $3.00 per 1000 words.
What does the work look like?
Here is a sample page. Imagine this is something you wrote, nothing has been changed in your work, I have merely highlighted those pesky impurities and made a suggestion to help polish your work. The dotted lines from the comment box to the error did not come through in the screen shot, rest assured the location of each is easy to determine. If you like the suggestions, you may implement them; and when you are done you can still see all the changes in their highlighted color. Upon completing all the desired corrections and recommendations, you simply delete all the comments at the same time. The final step is to select the page or pages and change the highlight color, if any, to clear. Everything is the way you want it to be. You can rest easy knowing all the spelling errors are found!
Level 1 Complete Word Refining: This is the deepest work and includes looking for plot holes, awkward sentences, and any misuse of words that will damage overall readability. This work includes Word Refining and The Synonym Search. The price starts at $5.00 per 1000 words and is dependent on the density of the errors found in the estimate sample.
Level 2 Hyper-Spelling: This is not as in-depth and detailed. I locate and highlight the misspelled words, misplaced words, multiple words, and missing words. This also includes The Synonym Search. Starting at $4.00 per 1000 words. The price is dependent on the density of errors found in the estimate sample.
Level 3 The Synonym Search: I find and highlight the redundant and repetitive words. $3.00 per 1000 words.
What does the work look like?
Here is a sample page. Imagine this is something you wrote, nothing has been changed in your work, I have merely highlighted those pesky impurities and made a suggestion to help polish your work. The dotted lines from the comment box to the error did not come through in the screen shot, rest assured the location of each is easy to determine. If you like the suggestions, you may implement them; and when you are done you can still see all the changes in their highlighted color. Upon completing all the desired corrections and recommendations, you simply delete all the comments at the same time. The final step is to select the page or pages and change the highlight color, if any, to clear. Everything is the way you want it to be. You can rest easy knowing all the spelling errors are found!
Michael Allan Scott @MAllanScott · @wordrefiner 6 out of 5 stars! I highly recommend you to authors who are serious about getting it right!
How to get a free sample of proofreading:
After all the editing and rewriting is done and you are sure it is ready to be published, send a portion of the middle of your book or document that you wish refined in a format compatible with MS Word 2016 with the Track Changes feature off. I will use my Word Refining ability to work magic on a 3k to 4k word sample at no charge, to provide you a #FreeSample of proofreading and an estimate for the rest of your document. Please include the genre, title, and approximate word count of your book.
Payment is accomplished through PayPal. Then send me the entire book, since you loved the refinements performed on the first part of your masterpiece, and we will continue the process. With your permission, I will make very simple corrections as I work, such as removing any extra spaces between sentences or words, not including an ellipsis. In any case, I highly recommend you keep an original copy of your work safe until the entire process is complete, and I will do the same.
My exceptions and the workaround:
I love to proofread and almost anything in print interests me, except for erotica, BDSM, graphic sex or torture. If your book contains material like that, it's not an automatic no from me. If you can highlight those passages, in a dark color with the material I wish to avoid I can process the rest of your book. Let me know how many highlighted words or pages of material and I can deduct that from my fee.
After all the editing and rewriting is done and you are sure it is ready to be published, send a portion of the middle of your book or document that you wish refined in a format compatible with MS Word 2016 with the Track Changes feature off. I will use my Word Refining ability to work magic on a 3k to 4k word sample at no charge, to provide you a #FreeSample of proofreading and an estimate for the rest of your document. Please include the genre, title, and approximate word count of your book.
Payment is accomplished through PayPal. Then send me the entire book, since you loved the refinements performed on the first part of your masterpiece, and we will continue the process. With your permission, I will make very simple corrections as I work, such as removing any extra spaces between sentences or words, not including an ellipsis. In any case, I highly recommend you keep an original copy of your work safe until the entire process is complete, and I will do the same.
My exceptions and the workaround:
I love to proofread and almost anything in print interests me, except for erotica, BDSM, graphic sex or torture. If your book contains material like that, it's not an automatic no from me. If you can highlight those passages, in a dark color with the material I wish to avoid I can process the rest of your book. Let me know how many highlighted words or pages of material and I can deduct that from my fee.
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