Editing, report writing and design
Say what you sort of, maybe mean and say it well.
I edit Honours, Masters and PhD work, journal articles, books and anything else that needs to read properly, and I write and design reports for organisations who would rather be doing the work than writing it up.
What I do
Every edit comes back in tracked changes, so you can see everything I've touched and the work stays yours.
Proofreading
Spelling, grammar, punctuation and consistency, with comments wherever something reads unclearly.
Copy-editing
Clarity, flow, sentence structure and consistent terminology, without changing what you're arguing.
Academic editing
Honours, Masters and PhD theses, dissertations, research proposals, journal articles and book chapters, with referencing and formatting checks.
Any written work
Essays, books, applications, cover letters and CVs, anything that has to land with the person reading it.
Report writing
Research, organisational and funding reports, written from your notes and data or edited from a draft you already have.
Graphic design
Report layouts, posters, social media graphics and presentations that look as considered as they read.
Before and after
A sentence from the kind of chapter I see every week. Nothing about the argument has changed, it just gets out of its own way.
It could perhaps be argued that, in terms of the way in which the participants were responding to the questions that were asked, there was a significant amount of hesitation that was evident.
It could perhaps be argued that, in terms of the way in which the Pparticipants were responding to the questions that were asked, there was a significant amount of hesitation that was evidenthesitated noticeably when answering.
How it works
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Send it over
Fill in the form below with your word count, your deadline and what kind of help you need.
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Get a quote
I'll look at a sample and come back to you with a clear price and a turnaround time, free of charge.
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I get to work
Careful, line by line, with comments where you need to make a call yourself.
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You get it back
Everything in tracked changes, so you accept or reject each edit and the final word is always yours.
About
I'm Ali Ridha Khan.
I'm a writer and researcher based in Cape Town, and I've spent years on both sides of the page, writing my own work and editing other people's. I know what it is to be three weeks from a submission date with a chapter that won't sit still, and I know that what most people need isn't someone to rewrite them, it's someone to help them sound like themselves on a good day.
- Former Primary Editor and Digital Curator, Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape
- Former Andrew W. Mellon Flagship Fellow
- Published writer and researcher in political theory and the humanities
- Writing at aliridhakhan.substack.com
Deadline coming up? Let's get it ready.
Tell me a bit about your work and I'll get back to you with a free quote. You can also email me directly at aliridhakhan@gmail.com.