West Coast Editorial Associates can write what you need, edit what you’ve written, or train you and your staff to write and edit more effectively. As experts in plain language and clear communication, we can help you reach your audience. We can look after the words in your life by managing your entire project or by handling a single aspect of it.
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Secret Life of the City
Hanna Bjørgaas
Sharks, Skates, Rays and Chimeras
Gordon McFarlane/ Jackie King
Conservation Canines
Isabelle Groc
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey
Author: Margriet Ruurs, Artist: Nizar Ali Badr
News and views
AI and writing: What is missing and what could we lose?
Writers who rely on AI to research and generate ideas are missing out on a huge amount of human knowledge.
Book design, explained
It’s a truism that editors focus on words. But there’s more that editors need to be aware of, particularly when combing through final designed page proofs.
Punctuation: Accessibility’s silent superheroes
Proper punctuation can help readers untangle the most complex of sentences, but it also plays an important role in accessibility, in particular for screen-reader users.
Working with writers: The case for strengths-based editing
As editors, we work with writers to fix problems. While it is satisfying to identify problems and help writers improve their work, one of the hazards of editing is focusing only on what is wrong and forgetting to acknowledge what is right.
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