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Proofreading Your Own Work And Why Is It So Tricky by Donald Turner
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We frequently have clients that seek a professional proofreading service that are surprised by the typos or misspelled words in their copy. Our clients are professionals - educated adults who initially seek proofreading help mostly due to lack of time. But why, as a professional, would you pay someone else to proof your copy? It's simple really, and I'm sure you'll agree in just a few minutes. Firstly, professional proofreader's are not emotionally attached to your writing. Unlike your good self, we haven't spent a great deal of time thinking about the way to structure a sentence so that it has the highest impact or searching through corporate policy manuals for the most appropriate acronym. This isn't to say that your proofreader won't care about your creation - of course they do and they'll do the best possible job to enhance your work. However, they haven't lived and breathed through the creative process as you have. Distancing yourself from your work provides an objective perspective that is really quite essential when it comes to the final stages. Secondly, a professional proofreader will make sure they have time. Their role is to professionally proof your final copy - once. After you make the changes or suggested changes, your work is ready to submit. Professional proofreader's don't have to fit in the phone calls that are completely off subject, they don't need to prepare for the next meeting in ten minutes time and they don't have to think about what they should get their partner for their Birthday which is tomorrow....or is it today? It is very, very easy to be distracted from completing the last step of your written work - especially if it's due in 24 hours time. Thirdly - let's just say you're a superbly organised individual. You have a University assignment due in seven days time and you've finished it. You put it away for two days and then bring it back out to have another look. Suddenly you find something which doesn't make sense and you fix it up. Lucky you gave yourself time. The next day you do the same thing and find another area that needs work. Now you're getting cranky. You had this all wrapped up three days ago and you're still working on it...grumble, grumble. All of a sudden, it's the night before the due date and you're over it. You never want to see your masterpiece again. However, you also realise it hasn't been properly checked and all the cutting and editing quite possibly impacted the subject flow. That's what a professional online proofreader can help with. Email it to a professional proofreader and they'll do that horrible last step for you. Proofreading services often save the day as the deadline looms closer and closer. However, we're more than just useful for time critical projects. Why put yourself through the angst when we can look after your proofreading job for you. We think you'll be surprised at how useful they can be to your project. Debbie Moore is one of the Chief Picky Proofreader's at The Picky Proofreader Head Office located in Brisbane, Australia. The Picky Proofreader is the brainchild of two "somewhat picky" (that's the polite description) professionals who are ready, willing and waiting to eliminate all your spelling and grammatical nightmares. Why should you feel bad because you've missed one tiny, itty bitty typo? That's a good question - and we promise not to make you feel bad. job for writers
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