How do I find a proof reader & how much is one

[radioz66]

I have never asked this before but what does someone charge to do a proof reading?.
I assume it would not be free there must be a fee of some kind>? or is there?.
sincerely Uncle Willie

 

[jehoram]

I have never asked this before but what does someone charge to do a proof reading?.
I assume it would not be free there must be a fee of some kind>? or is there?.
sincerely Uncle Willie

There are people here who will do it for free. You can find them in the "Editors Forum." But bear in mind that you're working on their timetable, not yours.

There are also people out in the Real World who do it, but they generally charge for their work. And if you're writing erotica, they may not want to handle it at all. Look for "Editorial services" or something like that in your local Yellow Pages or equivalent.

 

[radioz66]

Thanks I would be glad to work with them on their time for me time is all i have.
you got to enjoy life is my theory its to short here on earth.
Thanks pal from
Uncle Willie

 

[Zeb_Carter]

It all depends on where you will be "Publishing" your story(ies).

If you will be posting them here at Lit. check out the Editors Forum. Let them know you are only looking for a proof reader and what category the story(ies) will be posted in.

If you will "Publishing" them...say at Smashword or Amazon Kindle Publishing, they I'm afraid you will have to hire someone to do the job. Then do what Jehoram suggested and look for Editorial Services.

 

[JeffVal1989]

I am willin to uffer my editin servus to you frea of charj.

 

[radioz66]

I will accept your offer I first have to get toil writing it but if u want ill pm you the story
sincerely uncle willie

 

[midwestyankee]

Please note that proofreading and editing are two entirely different tasks, though some people conflate them. Proofreading is simply a markup of a text that indicates where the text differs (usually in the form of a typo or other error) from the original text. A proofreader only points out the differences between two texts and does nothing else.

Editing involves actually making recommendations for changing text to improve its readability, fluency, or any one of a dozen or more other qualities in the text. A subset of editing is copyediting, in which the copy editor scours the whole text for incongruencies, errors in sequencing (of plot items) and such.

Now, which service is it that you really need or want?

 

[Lord Pmann]

I have never asked this before Add comma but what does someone charge to do a proof reading?.
I assume it would not be free there must be a fee of some kind>? or is there?.
sincerelyCapitalize the S Uncle Willie Move your name to another line

How is that?

 

[radioz66]

Got it Thanks