Thesis Or Dissertation, You Need An Editor. Advice: Choose The Better & Faster – Digital Editor

Is there a perfect thesis editor? A near-perfect, yes – but not if he reads and edits only once! He must read word-for-word at least 3 times. And not if he edits only on printouts/hard copy and not digitally. Digital editing is more efficient and many times faster. Advice: Submit thesis manuscript to someone who knows Microsoft Office like the palm of his hand.

(“Thesis” from Expert Editors, experteditors.net; “Thesis Editing” from Scientific Editing, scientific-editing.info)

“What Is Thesis Editing?” Enago asks, and answers its own question (enago, enago.com).

Thesis editing augments the overall quality of the thesis to improve the chances of its acceptance. It covers the following aspects.

Structure: A thesis consists of multiple components such as the literature review, a problem statement, table of contents, research methodology, conclusion, reference articles, etc.

Format: The thesis editing process incorporates the mandatory formatting guidelines such as choosing the Times New Roman or Arial fonts as they are commonly accepted, ensuring line spacing of 1.5 for the text, using numerals for numbers between 1 and 10, hyphenating compound adjectives, left aligning the tables, and more.

Style: … Thesis editing refines the writing style to match it with specific style guides.

Language: Thesis editing improves the overall language quality and rectifies the errors in spellings, punctuations, and grammar. It also eliminates reiteration, ambiguity, bias, and redundancy.

Proofreading: This is the final step of thesis editing. The final draft is proofread to identify and eliminate errors in language, citation, hyperlinking, etc.

(I as digital editor, I also send you 2 copies:

(1)   1^st copy with Track Changes (MS Word), so you can follow my editing everywhere – you are looking at your original manuscript, simultaneously my corrections/changes & suggestions.

(2)   2^nd copy clean, already edited, and with correct formatting, sectioning, and running pages.)

Importantly, Enago asks: “What qualities must a thesis editor have?” Its answers are:

Editing experience: … The experience enables the editors to easily align with the scope of the thesis and understand the extent of improvement needed to make it submission-ready.

Quality assurance: An author should notice the difference in the overall quality of the thesis after editing….

Subject matter expertise: … Choose a thesis editor possessing… in-depth knowledge about the authors’ subject area.

Timely delivery: … The author must consider the editor’s ability to deliver within the established timelines before handing over the thesis for editing.

Adept with the necessary guidelines: …The editor must be adept with the submission guidelines as thesis editing is not limited to only enhancing the language quality. It also includes aligning the thesis with the submission guidelines to avoid the chances of rejection.

Attention to detail: … The editor must be able to spot all the inconsistencies and most minor errors that disrupt the quality of the thesis.

Know what? The paragraphs above that I quoted from Enago have one/two editing mistake/s that is/are not obvious – I saw the error/s guided by many years of experience in writing and editing English.

You can edit an editor if you’re good!@517