the writing center

professional writing & editing services

 
 
 

For four weeks we will work on drafting, editing, and polishing new poems in free verse. We will:

  • Read work by other poets

  • Share and discuss our own progress

  • Generate new material

  • Consider how to make content impactful

  • Use tools from the “poets’ toolbox”

  • Discuss approaches to editing

  • Consider how we know when a poem is “done”

  • 4 x 2 hour workshops £100 ($120) Max 6 people

  • Payment via Paypal judemarreditor@gmail.com

  • Zoom link on payment

 
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  • Do you struggle to get started on a writing project, or to keep going?

  • Could you use some contstructive feedback on any aspect of your writing?

  • How about a new strategy?

  • Do you need help with editing or proofreading your work?

  • Do you crave an audience?

  • As an experienced writing center consultant and former director, I can help!

  • Written feedback OR online Zoom consultations from $30 / £20 per half hour

  • Let’s talk!

 
Academic Editing and Proofreading
 
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  • Do you need a developmental editor for your academic book or article?

  • Do you need a copyeditor or proofreader?

  • Do you need help with academic writing in either American or British English?

  • I can help!

  • Prices on consulation

 
 
  • Do you have a poem that needs an infusion of something - but you’re not sure what?

  • Are you stuck on revisions, feeling uninspired, dying for some third-party input?

  • Do you crave constructive feedback?

  • I can help!

  • For $20 / £15 you can have EITHER a half hour zoom chat OR written comments about a single 1-2 page poem

 
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  • Do you want another pair of eyes on your work in progress?

  • Would you like help with putting your poems in order?

  • How about a close reading with line edits?

  • Are you ready to have someone proofread your manuscript?

  • I can help. Let’s talk!

  • Prices on consultation