An editorial studioWriting and editing since 2014

We write, edit and shape what a business says about itself.

Reports, essays, brand copy, and the house standards that keep a team writing in one voice. Most of our work is for organisations whose credibility rests on how carefully they put things.

Working in English and FrenchBy post, by email, or come and sit with us

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In this issue

Contents

  1. What we take onp. 02Editing, writing, and a house style that holds
  2. The indexp. 06Everything we have published, newest first
  3. Colophonp. 14Who does the work, and how it is made
  4. Correspondencep. 16How to reach us, and what happens next

The practice

What we actually do all day

Most of what we do is not writing. It is reading: a draft, the four documents it quietly contradicts, and the meeting notes nobody circulated. The writing comes afterwards, and it usually takes less time than the reading did.

A structural edit moves paragraphs and cuts whole sections. A line edit repairs the sentences that survive. We do both, in that order, and we say which one a piece needs before we quote for it — a manuscript that needs restructuring is not helped by tidier commas.

Everything leaves here with the changes tracked and a short note on the ones you will want to argue with.

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The work

What we take on

Four things, and we say no to the rest. Every piece is read at least twice before it leaves.

  • Structural editing

    By the draft

    A full read, a structural pass and a written note on what the piece is actually arguing. Usually the cheapest way to find out that a draft contains two essays.

  • Line editing

    By the word

    Sentence by sentence, with the changes tracked and the reasoning left in the margin so you can overrule us.

  • Writing

    By the piece

    Essays, reports and the long pieces nobody in-house has time to start. We interview, read the file, and hand back something finished.

  • House style

    Fixed fee

    A written standard your team can follow without asking us again. Delivered as a document, not a workshop.

A manuscript that needs restructuring is not helped by tidier commas.
From ‘What we actually do all day’

Index

Everything, in order

Everything we have published, newest first. The last two columns are set in tabular figures, so a column of them can be read straight down the page.

Everything, in order
TitleForKindYear Words
The case for a house styleForArchitecture practiceKindEssayYear2026 Words2,400
An annual review in plain EnglishForClimate charityKindReportYear2026 Words8,100
What we mean when we say craftForFurniture makerKindBrand copyYear2025 Words1,150
A conversation about scaleForDesign studioKindInterviewYear2025 Words3,700
Notes on writing for a boardForPension fundKindEssayYear2024 Words5,200
Three hundred pages, read twiceForUniversity pressKindEditingYear2024 Words12,600

Word counts are of the finished piece. Scroll sideways for the remaining columns.

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By post

Something worth reading, now and then.

A letter every month or so: one piece we have published, one thing we have changed our minds about, and nothing else.

Colophon

How this is made

Three people and a shared reading list. We take on about one piece a fortnight, which is the most we can do and still read everything twice.

Writing since
2014
Pieces published
310
Work from returning clients
68%
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  • EditedEverything, twice
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