Our Services
How We Do It
Words à la Mode is a comprehensive writing-editing-proofreading service dedicated to assisting you, the writer, in your effort to move smoothly, skillfully, and effectively through the multiple stages of crafting and completing your project.
At Words à la Mode you may order from our full-course menu—in which you are coached, cajoled, and coddled through the creative process. Along the way, your format, style, and content are developed from raw original concept to flawless final incarnation.
Whether you are creating:
Our à la carte menu is your second option. If you have already written your material, and would now like it professionally reviewed, and perhaps revised, rewritten, and/or proofread, simply choose:
At Words à la Mode you may order from our full-course menu—in which you are coached, cajoled, and coddled through the creative process. Along the way, your format, style, and content are developed from raw original concept to flawless final incarnation.
Whether you are creating:
- autobiographies, novels, or nonfiction manuscripts
- screenplays or treatments
- business documents
- speeches
- song lyrics
- personal letters
Our à la carte menu is your second option. If you have already written your material, and would now like it professionally reviewed, and perhaps revised, rewritten, and/or proofread, simply choose:
- ghostwriting
- developmental or content editing
- copyediting or proofreading
What's on the Menu:
Ghostwriting/Co-Authoring:
When you require the writing of material, but have neither the time nor, perhaps, the skill set required, your best solution is to hire a ghostwriter. A professional writer will take your raw material (verbal or otherwise) and mold it into a written form that remains true to your unique voice and objective.
Editing—Content, Conceptual, Developmental, Substantive:
Whatever label you attach to this process, it not only involves the substitution of words and/or phrases, but also the shifting, restructuring, and often reinventing of words, phrases, paragraphs, and/or chapters of the original material. Often, it requires redeveloping portions of the material for more effective delivery of your original intent.
Manuscript Evaluation:
At some point in the writing process, you may have doubts about how well you are executing the proposed elements of your manuscript. What you need is a professional manuscript evaluation, which thoroughly breaks down the elements of each chapter as well as the overall project and offers valuable suggestions for revisions.
Copyediting:
A copy editor reads for spelling, grammar, punctuation, accuracy, voice, consistency, and "anything else she sees.” This process traditionally involves replacing some of your words or phrases with others that are more accurate, specific, and/or appropriate to the material.
Proofreading:
A document may be as short as a 100-word ad, a 250-word page, or a 100,000+-word book, but one misspelled, misused, or omitted word or punctuation mark can destroy your credibility as a writer. However well you turn a phrase or deliver your written message, an incorrect verb or misplaced apostrophe may relegate your work to the round file of obscurity. The last step in the process, proofreading is of major importance.
Coaching/Consulting:
Your objective may be to write your material yourself, but you feel you lack the discipline, the focus, or the vital know-how to do it on your own. Professional support from a coach or consultant will set you on the creative path and keep you there until you reach your goal.
Speeches:
Public speaking is an important part of how business is conducted and information is delivered in today’s society. For maximum impact, consider seeking assistance in developing your spoken message.
Seminars/Workshops:
Call on the experts at Words à la Mode to produce a seminar or workshop on a timely subject for your group, company, or association. Our traditional topics include: writing your story or memoir, the editing process, grammar and punctuation, publishing, and marketing. Additional topics are available upon request.
Words à la Mode also provides writing services designed to meet your bilingual requirements, whatever your native language. Our creative team speaks for you in persuasive, impeccable, idiomatic English, giving you a competitive edge in a challenging and international American marketplace.
We are also available for group or individual training in spoken and written American English.
Words à la Mode is the creative brainchild of writer-author-editor Roberta Edgar and editor-proofreader-publicist Flo Selfman. With a combined 40+ years of experience in the literary field, we effectively guide our clients through the many-layered process of writing—from inception on through publication and beyond.
Whichever selection you make, we will infuse your material with our genuine passion for excellence, delivering to you the optimal result—on time, on budget, at a fair market price, and with confidentiality.
We are also available for group or individual training in spoken and written American English.
Words à la Mode is the creative brainchild of writer-author-editor Roberta Edgar and editor-proofreader-publicist Flo Selfman. With a combined 40+ years of experience in the literary field, we effectively guide our clients through the many-layered process of writing—from inception on through publication and beyond.
Whichever selection you make, we will infuse your material with our genuine passion for excellence, delivering to you the optimal result—on time, on budget, at a fair market price, and with confidentiality.