"My discussions with Abi have enabled me to gain better insight about how to write and why I might want to write. My greatest challenge in writing is converting good ideas and insights (which I have in good enough supply) into disciplined writing as a practice (which is harder for me to accomplish. Abi was patient and compassionate in how she related both to my curiosity in pursuing new lines of analysis and with the task of holding me accountable for following through on what I started in my prose."

"Abigail Rosenthal’s copy editing services are paramount to my academic success, providing me the focused criticism to allow me to finish projects. She has helped me articulate and refine my intellectual contributions, linking them to larger cultural and historical phenomena, all the while respecting my voice as a writer. I have worked with Rosenthal on my dissertation, numerous grant proposals, and a journal article from stages ranging from idea development to final draft proofreading.  Rosenthal consistently provides astute observation, theoretically informed feedback, and insightful rewriting suggestions. Rosenthal does so with professionalism, tact, and quick turnaround. I have recommended and continue to refer her services to
numerous academics, many of whom now also work with her."

"I have been working with Abigail for several years now, and she has helped my writing tremendously. She has helped me to see where I am implicitly making arguments and has helped me to make them more explicit.  She has helped me work through ideas, transitions, language, and restructuring. Abigail can identify and offer suggestions to fix problems in a text much faster than I can. Overall, working with her has strengthened my work and has made the process of writing less scary and alienating. 

I wanted to work with a copyeditor to get a fresh pair of eyes on my dissertation. It was really helpful to have someone else read it over to make sure it made sense, to suggest edits to make the language clearer & more comprehensible, and of course to catch basic formatting and typological errors."

"If one has the funds, I strongly recommend a copyeditor when one understands their needs. For me, a copyeditor is like my writing therapist–outside of diagnostic issues (grammatical, etc.) edits, a copyeditor (you) is really helping me managing the work of writing by working with my writing. I've heard some people frown on copyeditors out of fear that whatever submitted writing is not their own work. And while that could be true, I've never fully accepted all edits on anything I've ever written, anyway, and I have yet to be provided the tools or time to work through my own writing in the way that I currently am. So know exactly what you need and see if that could be supported"

"I got in touch with Abigail when I was looking for editorial support for my first academic monograph. At the time, I was shaping my dissertation into a book manuscript, and I felt apprehensive about the process. After re-drafting a few of the chapters, I knew I wanted to produce a book that would be relevant to other specialists in my subfield and would also interest general readers in my discipline… but I couldn’t manage to commit to its larger picture. Abigail was incredibly helpful at providing broad-strokes thematic suggestions, and also recommending small changes that clarified my argument. She really cuts to the key points of a text and then gives structural recommendations to make them sing, without sacrificing theory or style. I could not have finished this project without her deft, sensitive edits."

"I wanted to work with a copyeditor to get a fresh pair of eyes on my dissertation. It was really helpful to have someone else read it over to make sure it made sense, to suggest edits to make the language clearer & more comprehensible, and of course to catch basic formatting and typological errors."