DOCTORAL WRITING COACHING | ACADEMIC EDITING | WORKSHOPS FOR UNIVERSITIES
for PhD researchers, academics and universities
1:1 writing coaching and tutoring
Support, advice and accountability with your thesis, papers and chapters.
I’ll help you turn messy ideas into a clear argument and keep you on track to submission. And you’ll become a more confident academic writer along the way.
Find out more below.
Helped me address my lack of confidence with my writing and move forward in order to complete the thesis.
— Dr P. (successful PhD student)
Editing
Manuscript appraisal
Feedback on a macro and micro level on your draft, but not too much that it’s overwhelming! A manuscript appraisal (also called a critique) can be a huge help in your writing development and is a great first step if you already have a full draft.
In the manuscript appraisal process, I’ll highlight the key areas for editorial attention – saving you time and money (if you want a lighter version, ask me about beta reading!).
Developmental editing
Otherwise known as substantive or structural editing. This helps you with the big picture structure in your book or article so it’s clear, logical and compelling to readers.
I don’t offer developmental editing on theses. Your thesis has to be your own work. If you want help with structure and argument, coaching is the way to go – you’ll learn to fix it yourself.
Line editing
Otherwise known as stylistic editing or ‘tightening up’. Here we can focus on your language, style and tone (as well as grammar).
Please let me know in the form below as much as you can about your project, the help you’d like, and your likely completion date.
If you’re not sure what type of editing you need, contact me and I’ll be happy to help you decide
Lizzy has a wonderful way of looking at content and zooming in on where language and sentence structures can be ‘cleaned up’ and made more effective. Thank you so much for your help with this Lizzy and for your super speedy response!! I couldn’t have done it without your phenomenal editing skills. I love how you have tightened the piece up, so thank you again! I look forward to working with you again soon, Lizzy.
Joli Knott, business owner.
Workshops
Interactive group workshops (online or in person in the Swansea area) to help your doctoral researchers become more confident, productive writers.
Writing workshops focus on mindset, message and craft and are tailored to your institution’s needs.
Lizzy offered tips on best practices, practical guides and tools … and designed homework assignments to get us moving forward …. She provided examples relevant to the work of each student in her workshop and was generous in offering personalized feedback.
Susanne Willever PhD, Associate Director, Education Abroad, Temple University
