The Write Idea LLC
WHO'S THE EDITOR?
The editor-in-chief and owner of The Write Idea LLC is Jenny Garden.
Jenny formed The Write Idea, a loosely affiliated group of writing specialists, while on the job with
an advertising agency in Chicago. Later relocating to Kirkland, Washington, she worked for
several years with a Bellevue, Washington advertising group, followed by a stint with a book publisher
in Colorado. In 1996, she returned to Washington State and settled in Seattle, where she lives and works.Jenny is an eagle-eyed editor who brings imagination and intuition to the art of copyediting.
She has honed her skills in every area of printed text, including fiction and nonfiction manuscripts,
magazine and journal articles, newsletters, brochures, advertising copy, catalogs, and Web text.
It is from this deep background of knowledge and experience that Jenny draws the the resources
and flexibility to serve a broad range of clients with highly specific needs.Of course, Jenny demonstrates the typical proofreading skills expected of every copy editor:
the ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and colorfully
superior proficiency in grammar, syntax, and punctuation
meticulous attention to detailJenny accomplishes all this not only in American style, but also in Canadian and British
(International) styles, when desired. Jenny is familiar with medical, scientific, and legal
terminology, as well as references to music, theater, and the visual arts. And she can render
smooth and understandable work by any writer for whom English is a second language.But she does much more, from
soup-to-nuts formatting (Where did that pesky footnote go?)
to checking every reference (Exactly when do the swallows return to Capistrano?)
to conforming facts and figures (If the graph shows that 60 percent of office workers
develop colds in February, why does the text say that's two out of every five?)
to discovering that the heroine who is slim on page 10 is too plump to zip up
on the same day, two pages later.In short, Jenny does what every good copy editor should do:
She makes your writing publishable.