Writing & Editing

Writing. If I’m being humble, I can tell you my greatest skills: writing about any topic for any audience in any voice. I can make the driest material interesting and the most complex information accessible. With my combined experience as a lawyer and a communicator, I can be creative and inspired, concise and persuasive, funny or not funny or all of the above.

I like to draft content of all types for all media, such as:

• Feature articles 

• Copy writing/web content 

• News articles

• Newsletters

• Blogs

• Thought leadership pieces

• Press releases

• Social media posts

• Reports

• Ghostwriting (juicy memoirs only) 

• Braggy or non-braggy Christmas Letters (not really)

So, editing. I especially enjoy enhancing what you’ve written to help create something you love, however many versions are required to get there. I can meet your proofreading needs, I can check your grammar, I can look at style and content, I can tell you whether the material is interesting, and I can check for gaps in logic, suggest needed follow-up and more. Any type of document, content or copy you can think of, I can help you make it better.

In addition to editing any of the types of writing I’ve listed above, I will also help you with:  

• Manuscripts

• Technical articles or manuals

• Presentations

Communications

Before peacing out for the Summer of Jacquie and wending my way to Jacqueline Creative, I spent 10 years in corporate communications for a couple of Fortune 500 companies, and I am very comfortable in that context and environment. I can take you from planning your communications, be they one-off or part of a larger vision, to execution. I am fluent in corporate jargon, like “DNA” and “north star,” and I will quickly remove it from your writing. You’ve been warned. Again, I can use your voice and speak to your audience, and I work well with anyone from worker bees to hot shot executives.

In addition to my other writing and editing services, I can also assist with: 

• Communications campaigns  

• Culture work/change management

• Communications plans

• Org announcements

• Invitations

• Editing presentations and reports you’ve drafted 

• Executive communications

• Employee communications

• Newsletters 

• Intranet writing

Legal

Don’t forget my JD! (I don’t – especially when I must pay hundreds in annual attorney registration fees.)

Some legal services I offer: 

• Legal summaries for lawyers or laypeople  

• Legal blogs

• Articles for legal publications

• Limited research

• Employee handbooks

• Policies