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Do you find your papers constantly get rejected for publication and you’ve no idea why? Do you struggle with English? Perhaps you’re not having any luck breaking through into the most elite journals in your field? Or perhaps you feel your writing just isn’t up to academic standards, but you’re a researcher, right, not a writer? And who has time to be an expert in your field and an exceptional communicator. At Word by Word, we specialise in solving these problems and helping you prepare papers that will get published and dissertations that will pass defence. What’s our secret? We don’t proofread papers, we polish your manuscripts to reflect the modern academic writing style. Over the last eight years, and based on review feedback from literally thousands of papers, we have learned that an exceptionally well-written paper - a paper that is written with an active and deeply engaging tone - has a certain power over reviewers. It makes them want to work with you to publish your paper - even if it takes 2 or 3 revisions to get the substance right. We help you prepare that exceptionally well-written paper to move into the revision process. So if your academic writing needs some first aid - give us a try. We guarantee we can make a positive difference to your success.

Word by Word is more than just a typical proofreading service. We specialize in editing papers, dissertations, grant proposals, and promotion applications to an exceptional level of quality. Our edits follow the modern academic style, which is now preferred by most scholars and journals. For English speakers, that means we turn lacklustre, old-fashioned, boring prose into an article that is vibrant, engaging, and compelling. For researchers who don’t speak English as a first language, we interpret your meaning to provide a paper that is concise, eloquent, and sounds like it was written by a native-English speaker. Hence, no matter your language background, the edits we make are typically substantial. Beyond spelling, grammar, and punctuation, we polish your paper to captivate interest, widen the readership appeal of your research (which journals love in this highly competitive world), and make your manuscript stand out from the crowd. We also put ourselves in the shoes of a reviewer. We improve the flow of your ideas, point out contradictions in your arguments, and help you solve structural problems with your paper. The result is a impactful article that clearly and eloquently communicates your ideas and that reviewers see merit in pursuing.

We work with academics of all levels from HDR students to distinguished professors across the globe. Beyond papers, we also edit dissertations, book chapters, books, grant applications, and promotion applications - all with incredible statistics of success. We understand the challenges of trying get published within an education system that always seems to be demanding more of you. That’s why we’re here to help. Your disciplinary expertise combined with our communication skills will give your research the best chance of being published. It will also help to ensure the research community benefits from the great contributions you have to offer.

Take a look around our website and, if you’d like to give us a try, we’re happy to provide a 500-word sample edit completely free and with no obligation. Just email Jemima 500 words and a word count of your total paper and we’ll complete an edit and prepare a quote for you within 24 hours.

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