Editing

I understand how academics think because I used to be one. I’ve helped Masters and PhD candidates get their work ready for submission in fields as diverse as electronic engineering, history, theology and business administration. Take your thesis or dissertation to the next level with clear sentence structure, accurate grammar and optimal readability — your professors and supervisors will thank you.

“Katherine Hofmeyr edited my PhD in 2005. I thought I merely needed an editor to smooth out the tangles of my prose, and that this would be her only responsibility. Instead, she turned out to be part psychologist, part best friend, part strict grammarian and part genius who was able to find threads that were running in the wrong direction and draw them back to meaning.

Katherine is a master of words, a writer of wit and precision, and a highly intelligent grammarian. She is also kind, generous and patient when working with a writer, and this surpasses mere talent or technical skill as the thing that makes her a genuinely brilliant editor. Thank you for an intervention in my own writing career that I will forever remember, and cherish.”

Lauren van Vuuren, PhD

University of Cape Town

“Katherine played an instrumental role in the completion of my PhD in English. Her understanding of film and its relationship with culture was invaluable to the drafting of the final chapter, and her skill in editing was instrumental to the finalisation of it. Definitely would recommend her as a consultant or editor for anything that demands clear and insightful language and expression.”

Chris McWade, PhD

University of the Witwatersrand