“What are you going to do
with an English major?” Lots.
writing
“You’re going on this great trip and all you need to do is write a story.” I get that a lot. In truth, good writing is heavy lifting. It is deep digging. It is splitting wood all day. But after much struggle and striving, what’s published should be perfect, so precise that the final product can trick anyone who reads it into thinking the task was simple. This has always been the place where I begin – and ideally end – each project, from my time spent elucidating social-science research at the University of New Hampshire Survey Center to promoting sustainable travel with Virtuoso.
Experience
Editorial Content | Websites | Blogs | Social Media | Reporting | Interviews | Newsletters | Sponsored Content | Taglines | Copywriting
Editing
A good editor is a guide: someone who can detect the detours – and the stars – in our writing that we’re not seeing. Someone who can steer us around pitfalls, clear our paths of debris, and lead us toward the promised land. A good editor should help us master our messages; should know the difference between en dashes and em dashes and that “idyllic” does not mean “ideal”; and should ultimately believe that the fate of the world rests on perfection in the published word. Obsessive? Yes. Dramatic? Perhaps. But it’s a philosophy I prescribe to, whether smoothing out educational materials for ePP or working with a sustainability expert to produce an inspiring essay on how travel can be a force for good.
Experience
Developmental | Substantive | Copyediting | Fact-checking | Proofreading
Samples
