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Last updated: 9/10/2025
Elana Jackson
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  She/Her
  Female
  White
  Bachelor's degree
  No
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copyeditor/writer
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  Book Coaching
  Sometimes
  Senior
  Yes
  Currently Booking
  Jackson Copyediting
  12
  12
  Writing is hard. Even when ideas start flowing, it's hard to be sure that you're writing what you really mean. As a copyeditor and writer, I work toward clarity. I polish and I craft. I meet folks where they are and take their writing to the next level of crispness. Sometimes, I need to focus on commas and word choice. Other times, I'm asked to completely rewrite a project or create content from thin air. I believe there's a power in words. What I love most is helping people refine that power.I learned a bit about working with words at DePaul University in Chicago, where I earned my B.A. with high honors in English literature and communications. I learned a bit more during the ten years I immersed myself in the fascinating field of advertising. In 2013, I launched Jackson Copyediting. I work on memoirs, websites, product packaging, magazine articles, and more. As an active member of ACES: The Society for Editing and the Editorial Freelancers Association, I learn something new every day.
  Beta reading, Book Coaching, Coaching, Consulting, Copyediting, Curriculum development, Developmental/Substantive editing, Ghostwriting, Line editing, Literary coaching, Manuscript evaluation, Project management, Proofreading, Research, Self-publishing, Sensitivity reading, Transcribing, Website Creation, Writing
  Memoir Development
  Advertising-PR, Aging, Arts, Business, Education, Fitness, Food and cooking, Leadership, Lifestyle, Marketing, Multicultural Interest, Nonprofit Organizations, Parenting/Family, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion/Spirituality, Self-help, Social Work, Sociology
  Memoir
  General Fiction
  Cookbooks, Dissertations, How-to, Humanities, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-help, Social Sciences, Technical/Medical, Memoir
  Autobiography, Biographies, Blogs, Corporate communications, Dissertations/Theses, Essays, Family histories, Magazines, Memoirs, Newsletters, Obituaries, Promotional materials, Recipes, Reference materials, Resumes and cover letters, Short stories, Speeches, Textbooks, Training materials, Websites, White papers
  Memoir
  Adult, Children, College, ESL, High school, Middle school, New adult, Pre-K–6, Young adult
  English
  Associated Press (AP), Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)
  Excel, Google Docs, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, Word
  No
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