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“Although Mary Anne is not a specialist in my field, she has provided critical insights that have helped me to refine my arguments for readers.” |
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Potential clients often wonder how I can work with them effectively on writing in a specific subject area if I am not an expert in that field. The simple answer is that I certainly can’t be an expert in every subject. But I’ve learned through my extensive editing experience over the years that not being an expert can actually enhance my writer’s eye and editing ability. I’ve learned to ask the kinds of questions and notice the holes that professionals who are immersed in a field or fiction writers who have become absorbed in their story might take for granted. And clients find that explaining their topics or story concepts to me often helps them to clarify their ideas, easing the writing process for them. I have edited for a number of years for a small academic publisher (primarily regional histories and literary works). I also work with professionals and academics in an incredible variety of fields, from engineering and business to psychology and modernist poetry, and from public policy and education to creativity and spirituality studies. I have developed a specialty in working with doctoral and master’s candidates on their dissertations and theses. My familiarity with the academic system, many years of academic editing, and my critical insight allow me to work successfully with graduate students in a number of academic fields. In addition to working with writers in academic and specialized fields and in business, I also enjoy working with authors of
fiction, creative nonfiction, and memoirs and life
stories. Most of my own writing is in the area of creative nonfiction. (See my creative nonfiction anthology,
The Leap Years, in the About Me section.) |
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