Professional Editing, Proofreading, and Formatting Services

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Welcome to The Perfect Word

Welcome to my site. I am a certified editor and proofreader. I offer editing, proofreading, and formatting services for your written, printed, and electronic documents. Let's work together to enhance the quality of your presentation to achieve perfection.

Editing services, Proofreading services, Document formatting, Professional editing, Resume editing

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About Me

I am Angela Escalante, a certified editor, proofreader and knowledge management and project management professional, based in Trinidad and Tobago. I enjoy working with words and take great pride in doing this. Reading is my greatest hobby and throughout my career my greatest strengths have been writing and editing.

I am a published author of two papers. I have also completed several research papers during my academic and professional career. I have developed credit courses in Strategic Leadership and Management. I also developed and taught modules in a programme in Resource Mobilisation for Higher Education and another in grant proposal writing.

My professional experience includes drafting and editing academic courses, institutional documents such as reports and strategic plans for higher education, reviewing research proposals for funding, writing grant proposals, and writing project reports. In addition, I have conducted many training sessions for faculty and non-faculty staff in information technology and proposal writing.

I completed my master’s degree from Robert Gordon University, my certificate in public administration and my postgraduate diploma in management information systems from The University of the West Indies.

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Services

1. Proofreading

I will polish your writing, ensuring it’s error-free and easy to read. My proofreading service includes: Correcting grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Improving word choice, ensuring consistency, leaving helpful feedback, and highlighting clarity issues.

In addition to proofreading your work, I will refine your writing to ensure it has the greatest possible impact on readers.

2. Editing

As well as basic proofreading, I will:

Revise sentences for clarity and concision.
Restructure the text to ensure a smooth flow Ensuring the tone of your writing matches its purpose.
Suggest images, charts, or graphs to support the text.

I will revise and refine the overall structure, organisation, and content of your work to improve its clarity, coherence, effectiveness, and overall quality.

I will examine and improve sentence structure, eliminate inconsistencies, and adhere to language conventions. I will reorder sections, or restructure the content to ensure your material is understandable to your audience.

3. Formatting

I will format your document exactly as you advise. Common formatting options include:

Line Spacing
Margins
Creating a cover page
Adding headers and footers/page numbering
Generating a dynamic table of contents
Adding captions to charts, figures, and tables

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The Process

Submit Your Document: You will submit your document for assessment.
Receive Detailed Feedback: I will develop a detailed overview and provide you with feedback.
Feedback Response: You will respond to the feedback, and we will decide if we want to move forward.
Agree on Timeline and Cost: We will discuss and agree on the timeline and cost.
Work Begins: I will start working on your document and remain connected with you for clarification and feedback, if necessary, throughout the process.
Submit Draft: I will submit the draft for your assessment.
Revise, Finalize and Submit: I will make any necessary revisions and present the final print-ready document.

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Brief Background

Postgraduate Education

M.Sc. Knowledge Management, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. 2008.
Post Graduate Diploma in Management Information Systems, The University of the West Indies (UWI), 1999.

Experience

Independent Consultant 2018-present - proofreading and editing many reports, articles, funding proposals, dissertations, theses.

Graduate Employment, UWI Contract Officer 2007-2018 - editing and proofreading drafts for proposals for funding, sundry project documents, research proposals, sundry institutional documents including strategic plans, accreditation reports.

Publications

Paper on “A model for entrepreneurialism in higher education institutions,” West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) seminar, UWI, St. Augustine 2009.
Paper presented at International Conference on University-Industry Interaction, Berlin, Germany: “Moving from the Knowledge Economy to the Human Economy, June 26-28, 2015. Dubay-Tewarie and Escalante, A. - Published in US-China Education Review, Vol.6 No.4, 2016.