Copy Editing
The bread and butter of our services, copy editing is the art of taking your content and improving its language, structure, and flow. This is not only checking for grammar errors, but changing words and order of sentences and paragraphs to improve the clarity and quality of the message that you are trying to convey.
Developmental Editing
Developmental editing is the art of helping you to develop your message. It is a second pair of eyes looking at your work and offering suggestions to improve your plot, or develop your idea further. Much more involved than copy editing, it is helping include and develop additional content within the content that you already have.
Proofreading
A simple art, but hardly an unimportant one, proofreading checks for grammar errors and misspellings throughout your work, line by line, and corrects them. It is unfortunate just how distracting even a single spelling mistake can be for your reader, and a good proofreader will help make sure that your target’s attention stays fixed on your message, rather than on unfortunate grammatical flubs.
Copywriting
Are you looking to draw up interest for your newest service or product, or worried that your advertisements are going to look just like everyone else’s? Penmaster doesn’t take a cookie-cutter approach to promoting your business. Every one of our copywriting requests starts with an in-depth interview of you, the client, to make sure that not only are we writing an attractive advertisement, but that we are communicating the tone, values, and uniqueness of your company to your customers.
Article and Blog Writing
If you’re a business owner, keeping up with a professional blog or magazine can be a time-consuming and mentally taxing process. Delays, rushing, and shortcuts can all lead to suffering content that can have a painful impact on the important message you are trying to disseminate. If you’re looking for original content or skilled editing for your articles, Penmaster can help captivate your audience and communicate the importance and passion of your message.
Academic Writing
Whether you’re a teacher or a student, the sharpness of your academic writing goes a long way towards the impression you make on your teachers, students, or colleagues and can stretch further into your future than you believe. For students, Just visit the testimonials page of this website to see the essay grades and remarks from my own teachers. For teachers, content can be the difference between a class that is engaged and a class that is asleep. Whatever your use, Penmaster can sharpen your academic writing to that razor’s edge you need to get ahead, while faithfully adhering to your institution’s academic policies to ensure that your work reaches the heights you are striving for.
Professional Writing
As a former paramedic, I’m quite familiar with the purgatory of paperwork that snakes its way into even the least bureaucratic jobs that you could imagine, and the results of this paperwork can be career-changing. Your language in these documents is critical to your success. Whether typing up a report for a board review, or making sure that an employee manual is as clear as it can possibly be, Penmaster can sharpen your language to the highest professional standards of clarity and quality.
Creative/Fictional Writing
I’ve been writing stories since I was young enough to clack away on a keyboard, and one of my favorite pastimes was (and still is) creating new worlds and interesting characters. Perhaps you are looking for more vivid language that will linger with your audience well after they’ve closed the book. Maybe you are looking for detailed content to breathe fresh life into your world. No matter what you’re seeking, I would be delighted to collaborate with you on your work. With eighteen years of writing experience, I can produce the details that make your villains compelling, your protagonists fascinating, and the tension that leaves your reader desperate for the next turn of the page.
Scriptwriting
Having a mother who served on the board of the community theater when you were a kid has its upsides. I became familiar with compelling and entertaining scripts that kept an in-person audience thrilled and engaged in a world otherwise dominated by electronic media. Whether you’re looking for a script for a play, commercial, radio segment, or anything else, we can help make the script as brilliant as your idea.
Love Story
A unique and heartfelt gift for your significant other, this special package includes questionnaires, interviews, and design to have your personal love story recorded and captured into an attractive memory book. This is a gift you cannot find anywhere else, the story of the two of you, personally crafted in poignant and powerful language that will have you reliving your favorite memories together. A perfect gift for weddings, anniversaries, holidays, or simply as a heartfelt way of saying ‘I love you.’
Ghostwriting
As someone who is currently in the middle of writing two separate books at this moment, I fully understand the herculean task that producing a manuscript can be. People seeking ghostwriters often have concerns over time, energy, or simply the ability to craft their story. Penmaster can help make your idea a reality. If your life holds a fascinating story you wish to share with the world, then let us help make your memoir as powerful and impactful to your audience as it was to you. Or maybe you’ve had an inspiration for a novel and you just aren’t sure where to start. We can handle that process for you. Your time and energy are valuable, but they don’t have to be sacrificed to bring your story to the world. If you’re looking for a skilled ghostwriter for your novel, biography, or documentary, then I can’t wait to hear from you and get started on a fantastic journey together.
Tutoring
Looking to sharpen up your own writing skills? Struggling to keep up in a class? We offer tutoring services for those looking to hone their academic and writing skills. I specialize in English and History, but can also offer general tutoring for a wide area of subjects including art history, mathematics, and anatomy/physiology. Tutoring can be done online or in-person in Bakersfield and the surrounding area, whatever meets your needs.
Notary
Penmaster also offers notary services in Bakersfield, CA. All of our fees and services meet CA requirements, and can handle not only standard notary work, but loan signings as well. I am very flexible and can often offer same-day and after-hours appointments.