Laurie Notaro Creative
The gold standard in editing, editorial services and consulting.
Laurie Notaro Creative
The gold standard in editing, editorial services and consulting.
Envision. Create. Succeed.
STRENGTH
With 175 years of combined editorial, academic and publishing experience, we provide solid, reliable and effective editing for your project. Our expert services enhance, strengthen and complement your work with a variety of options, depending on what you feel you need. LNC editing ranges from a structural level to basic copy editing for grammar, spelling and style.
Our clients consist of new authors preparing to submit work to publishers or an agent to a college student who wants an extra set of eyes to polish a term paper or thesis.
It's up to you.
We're the reinforcements.
STRENGTH
With 175 years of combined editorial, academic and publishing experience, we provide solid, reliable and effective editing for your project. Our expert services enhance, strengthen and complement your work with a variety of options, depending on what you feel you need. LNC editing ranges from a structural level to basic copy editing for grammar, spelling and style.
Our clients consist of new authors preparing to submit work to publishers or an agent to a college student who wants an extra set of eyes to polish a term paper or thesis.
It's up to you.
We're the reinforcements.
It all begins with an idea.
That burst of inspiration, the surge of elation and the sense of urgency to get started.
Nothing can quite compare to the adventure of a new, brilliant, perfect concept.
Notes are written, paragraphs amassed, the story flows. The characters take shape and evolve, action develops.
Whether it's a passion project, a chapter you've just finished, a piece you'd like to pitch to publications, a collection of essays or a paper you're about to submit on an academic level, we can give your work shape, provide flow, bolster the foundation or polish the grammar and spelling until it shines.
Your work remains your work. What we do is offer guidance, suggestions, problem solving and help you build the strongest piece possible. We reinforce your writing and provide a professional hand to every project, whether it is character development in your novel, the pace and rhythm of an essay, crafting a solid opening and conclusion or assistance with syntax for ESL students. We're here to make your work reach its fullest potential.
Our team consists of hand-picked editorial, publishing and academic professionals who have earned spotless reputations for their work and ethics. Among our ranks, we have award-winning newspaper and magazine editors, university professors and copy editors who have wrangled copy day in and day out for 25 years for major metro dailies. The experience at LNC totals over 175 years of solid, reputable performance in the editing and writing field.
Each of our editors has specialized interests and skills. Our fiction and narrative editors focus on character development, pace, plot structure and overall cohesiveness. Our non-fiction editors are highly skilled in the areas of theme, threads, voice and content. Our academic editors have worked as English professors at the university level, teaching courses that include composition, science and business writing and are well-versed in MLA style and formatting. Our copy editors are masters at AP style and have used their skills at high-profile publications and fast-paced newspapers.
Meet our editors below and learn what each of them can contribute to your project. Whether you are getting ready to submit to agents or publications or need an extra hand working out the grammatical issues in a term paper, LNC is here for you, pen in hand.
What We Do
Whether you are a first-time novelist or an international student, LNC has the services to help you reach top-level performance. Providing service to both creative and academic writers, we offer an array of editing levels crafted to meet your needs ranging from basic structural to proofreading focus.
What We Do
Whether you are a first-time novelist or an international student, LNC has the services to help you reach top-level performance. Providing service to both creative and academic writers, we offer an array of editing levels crafted to meet your needs ranging from basic structural to proofreading focus.
Structural Editing
This process is the most in-depth and constructive level of editing. It concentrates on building a strong core to your piece through character development, plot points, flow and readability. This editing focuses on context and the fundamental foundation of the story with an emphasis on voice, threads and the progress of the narrative.
Structural editing is a good option for:
*New writers and authors
*A piece that may have unresolved issues
*A piece that has not been edited before in any form
*A piece that will be submitted to agents and editors
*First and initial chapters
Line Editing
This level of editing hones in on tightening, trimming, sharpening characters, dialogue, rhythm and overall themes on a line-by-line basis. At this stage, major issues in the piece should already be resolved. Close editing targets the cohesive nature of the work and gives it narrative strength. This process serves as a thorough polish and puts the final touches on a piece that is ready to be submitted and contains a solid message.
Line editing is a good option for:
*Experienced writers
*Work that has already been through a structural edit
*Work that is ready to be submitted to agents and editors
Copy Editing
Copy editing is the most basic and most integral form of editing we offer. We amend spelling, grammatical and sentence structure errors, along with formatting, AP Style (MLS and Chicago on request). Syntax is also addressed. This process does not involve re-writing or suggestions in academic work, as we adhere to the NCAA tutor guidelines. This is the final polish on a strong and structurally sound piece.
Copy editing is a good option for:
*Students with final versions of term papers, essays, theses and dissertations
*ESL students or non-native speakers
*Pieces that have been line edited and are ready for the final touch