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Humble Beginnings
As a youngster, my parents were very involved (and still are!) in our town. This included both government and volunteer positions. My mother often wrote copy for newsletters and press releases; and as an inquisitive child, I had to read those documents just to see if I could find any errors my mother made! And when I found them, you can bet she heard about it!
Born to Proofread
I have what could be called the proofreader personality. Attentive, perfectionistic, detail-oriented, a book lover - I was born to proofread. I just can't help myself; everywhere I look there is something calling out to be corrected.
Benefits of My Proofreading Services
Are all proofreaders the same? Well, proofreaders do offer the same services, but here is what you will get when chose The Atwater Group for your project:
Reasonably Priced Services: With most proofreading projects starting at $0.85 per page and copy editing starting at $1.00 per page (that's a page based on the industry standard of 250 words), you will receive exceptional service.
Timely: I will work with your schedule to get your project done as quickly as possible.
Principles: I own this company. I direct its values. And I value honesty, reliability, and trust. I strive for excellence for both your benefit and mine. When you are happy with your completed document, I know you are happy with me.
Enthusiastic: Proofreading is not just a job for me. I find fulfillment in finding errors and correcting them so the message in the document is clear and precise. I love collaborating with authors, encouraging and challenging them.
The Atwater Group
Meet Your Proofreader!
Hi. I am Faith Williams, and as the owner of The Atwater Group, I am dedicated to ensuring you have the best quality work done on your projects. I have been proofreading all my life - ever since I picked up a book and started to read.
Mark Twain's Large rules for writing:
1. A tale shall accomplish something and arrive somewhere.
2. The episodes of a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help develop it.
3. The personages in a tale shall be alive, except in the case of corpses, and that always the reader shall be able to tell the corpses from the others.
4. The personages in a tale, both dead and alive, shall exhibit a sufficient excuse for being there.
5. When the personages of a tale deal in conversation, the talk shall sound like human talk, and be talk such as human beings would be likely to talk in the given circumstances, and have a discoverable meaning, also a discoverable purpose, and a show of relevancy, and remain in the neighborhood of the subject in hand, and be interesting to the reader, and help out the tale, and stop when the people cannot think of anything more to say.
6. The personages of a tale shall confine themselves to possibilities and let miracles alone; or, if they venture a miracle, the author must so plausibly set it forth as to make it look possible and reasonable.
