Vanessa Wright - Editor
25 years’ experience. Passionate about creating high quality business, YA/childrens, legal, art and psychology content for all formats.
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Overview
I’m a professional editor with 25 years' experience in publishing – business, commercial and not-for-profit.
I’m passionate about structuring ideas and polishing copy and love working with authors to pull their precious manuscript into a professional, organised project space where we can work together to produce something really special!
Key topic areas: Business, legal, YA/children’s fiction, psychology, art, non-fiction.
Clear communication is important. We’ll discuss your content at the beginning to ensure I understand exactly what you need so we can get your copy in shape ready to publish as soon as possible. I understand that we need to strike a balance between a meaningful story and commercially viable, high-quality content.Languages
English (AUS)
Non-Fiction
Art
Business & Management
History
Philosophy
Psychology
Religion & Spirituality
Fiction
Children's
Young Adult
Work experience
Publishing Editor
Self-employed
January, 2008
–
Present
(over 14 years)
Consulting to local and overseas clients, writing/ghost-writing, copy-editing and proofreading texts for articles, books and websites to specific styles/requirements.
Topic areas: Business, legal, YA/children’s fiction, non-fiction (finance, natural disasters/meteorological, history, art, psychology, life stories, etc.), academic, technical standards, training manuals.
Clients have included: Federation Press, Sydney; Harper Collins, Sydney; Pindar Publishing, (New Zealand base sourcing clients globally); HR Help, Sydney; LexisNexis (legal division), Sydney; FUSION Australia; Welfare Rights Centre, Sydney; Bombora Café, Manly, Bloomsbury.
Publishing Operations Leader
Standards Australia
January, 2014
–
March, 2021
(about 7 years)
Substantive structural and stylistic editing and proofreading. Working closely with industry experts in a wide range of technical fields to draft accurate and succinct Australian Standards for use nationally and internationally. Project management through various stages of publishing production through to publication in hardcopy and on digital platforms.
Legal Editor
LexisNexis Asia Pacific
January, 1998
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January, 2014
(about 16 years)
Strong English language, grammar and research skills applied to legal commentary, books and online content. Proofreading, copy-editing and project management. Coding of content to publish on multimedia platforms (ie. hardcopy and digital).
Portfolio (7 selected works)
Australian Principles of Tort Law
Stewart, Pam, Stuhmcke, Anita
Law for Foreign Business and Investment in China
Lo, Vai Io, Tian, Xiaowen
Into the Fire
Panckridge, Michael, Harvey, Pam
Lost Generation?: New strategies for youth and education
Allen, Martin, Ainley, Patrick
Out of the Blue
Panckridge, Michael, Harvey, Pam
Vanessa has 8 reviews
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Communication & Punctuality
I appreciate your editing so far, and really appreciate your feedback on my work. You provided the utmost respect when correcting, and added a lot to the piece that I never realized was lacking. Thank you so much!
Ann Script, June 2022
Reply from Vanessa Wright
Vanessa was fantastic to work with and I would hire her again without hesitation.
Katie Davies, June 2022
Again such a great experience working with Vanessa. She accommodated my request last minute and provide my edited work back exactly as I needed.
Will hire again.
Katie Davies, May 2022
Vanessa was a pleasure to work with!
She gave great feedback and suggestions and was supremely detailed with her editing.
At the heart of any good book is a rhythm. The words all combine and create a song. Vanessa was able to take my ADHD writing with short bursts and turn it in to a perfect lullaby.
Susan Theobald, March 2022
Reply from Vanessa Wright
Vanessa, Has been very helpful and very professional. She has worked hard to help me with the editing, helped me with my cover letter and synopsis. I am dyslexic, finding the support has been challenging, but Vanessa has made it easy for me to continue writing. I am writing my second children's book and will use Vanessa to do the editing for me. I would highly recommend her for your work.
Morgan Murday, February 2022
Reply from Vanessa Wright
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