Time enough for everything, and everything in its time.
Coaching Sessions US$30.00 per 30 minutes
While most postgraduate students would choose or be assigned a mentor/promoter/supervisor by the institution or department with which they are registered, it is also true that most mentors/promoters/supervisors are on a publish-or-perish train and may not be available when you most need them.
Coaching sessions can be organised at any point during the process of designing and writing up your research. The focus is on helping you distil your thinking about your topic and developing strategies that will allow you to overcome hurdles in the process, for example, formulating a researchable question, developing a statement of the problem and purpose based on that research question, and conducting the literature review and writing it up, as well as factors that need to be considered in developing your research design, optimal organization of the report, and integration of feedback.
The service includes a summary of the session and ideas to help you move forward.
Client’s Comments on the Services Rendered
“Thank you for your excellent edits on my PowerPoint. Your feedback really elevated the presentation — I’m so grateful for your help!”
“Michelle … genuinely cares about your business and project succeeding. I am rehiring her immediately.”
Editing Options
You have several options, as listed below. In all instances, I charge US$25 per hour. That means clients who present a fairly well-formatted and coherent document score.
All services include a feedback sheet that lists editing decisions and alerts you to content that requires your attention.
Humanising Text (~100 words/hour)
Humanising text is a slow process of doctoring AI out, bearing in mind that AI-generated text is like the spike protein in the blood: Once the text is infected, you never get it out completely.
Clients are expected to highlight portions of the text that require humanising.
“Michelle was wonderful to work with. … Her edits strengthened my dissertation while preserving my voice. …”
Review/Content/Substantive Edit (~750 words/hour)
The focus is on the flow and coherence of the content, transitions between sections, and anomalies and gaps that need to be addressed. It includes a light edit of the text submitted and the opportunity to attend to the anomalies and gaps and then resubmission for a copy edit, which includes a reference cross-check, formatting, and a final proofread of the sections you have worked on after the copy edit.
“…she very quickly understands what needs to be done, and she can provide different “levels” of editing.”
Copy Edit (~1500 words/hour)
The focus is on the flow of the language, in other words, elegant sentence structure, correct grammar, precise word choices, and correct spelling. It includes resubmission for a reference cross-check, formatting, and a final proofread of the sections you have worked on after the copy edit.
“She combines intellectual generosity with editorial rigour, making her an exceptional editor and a trusted long-term collaborator.”
Proofread (~3000 words/hour)
The focus is on sentence structure, punctuation and spelling errors for the entire document. It does not include a reference cross-check or document formatting.
References cross-check (~20 entries/hour)
The reference cross-check ensures that all cited works are listed and all listed works are cited in the style your institution requires.
Formatting (~50 pages/hour)
The focus is making sure the text is presented as per the presentation standards of the institution, department, or journal to which you are submitting (font, spacing, paragraph breaks, figures, tables, headings), and the service includes a linked Table of Contents, List of Tables, and List of Figures if required.
“Thanks a lot – you were very quick to understand the field of collective entrepreneurship and how I can go about developing and formalising theory to expand its use in practical situations.
“Her excellent writing and language editing skills are complemented by high-quality and broad academic knowledge…”
All language changes to the text are tracked to ensure that you can accept and/or reject the editing and maintain control over the final product submitted. Ultimately, the document you submit must reflect your voice.