Capstone Editing Testimonials

I was very impressed by the professionalism of Capstone Editing and by their editorial standards. We will definitely use them again for books in our academic monographs series.

Dr Lisa Lines did a first-class job on my book manuscript. She clarified and sharpened the text as a good editor should but her skills went way beyond this. She showed unusual depth of insight and knowledge, finding ambiguities of interpretation in... [read more]

I would like to thank Lisa for her thorough edit of my grant proposal. Her suggestions gave me better ways of expressing myself with clarity and (importantly for grant proposals) with fewer words! She provided detailed comments on her edits that... [read more]

I would confidently recommend the editorial services of Dr Lisa Lines. She is fast, capable and professional. Dr Lines identified a number of places in which the expression and clarity in the grant was able to be improved. Her careful editing saved... [read more]

Dr Lines provided an efficient and thorough editing service for me. She was engaged in the process, ensuring she met my needs. The suggestions made by Lisa, in addition to the identification of any issues with grammar, clarity and tone, provided the... [read more]

I want to thank Dr Lisa Lines for the invaluable assistance she provided in editing my PhD thesis (following the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’ as per University of Adelaide requirements). The final edited thesis was perfectly... [read more]

I want to especially thank Dr Lisa Lines who graciously and expertly edited my thesis (editorial intervention was restricted to Standards D and E of the Australian Standards for Editing Practice). Lisa saved me from myself on numerous occasions and... [read more]

Three cheers for Capstone Editing! I choose them to format my PhD dissertation and edit my references after being unimpressed with other options I’d considered, and I am glad I did. Lisa knew better than I did what style and service I needed... [read more]

Dr Lisa Lines was recommended to me by a colleague as an expert editor in her field. It is my pleasure to assert that her editorial services were well worth the investment made. Not only am I grateful for the numerous corrections to errors that... [read more]

Dr Lisa Lines has edited numerous documents for me throughout my postgraduate studies. As someone writing for years within social sciences disciplines, I had not ever considered professional editing services. However, Lisa’s expert editing... [read more]

Capstone Editing provides an extremely high-quality thesis editing service. As one of Australia’s most experienced academic editors, Dr Lines ensures that the work of all of her editors meets exacting standards. Adhering to the... [read more]

I spent many years working on my PhD and it was reassuring to know that someone like Dr Lisa would be taking it into her care and taking the pressure off by giving it the final once over for accuracy, consistency and of course to make it look nice... [read more]

Lisa has edited several journal articles for me. Her thorough command of language really helps in making sure that the article is well expressed and free of errors. Lisa works very quickly and I have found it invaluable to have somebody format an... [read more]

I hired Capstone Editing to edit an important academic job application for me. I received an excellent service, a thorough edit and extensive suggestions for improvements from Dr Lisa Lines. I incorporated her advice in my application and eventually... [read more]

I have engaged Dr Lisa Lines’ services as a proofreader and editor for my doctoral thesis. Along the way, I have encountered some personal issues that slowed this process down and her patience has been profoundly supportive. Her editing has... [read more]

I was very impressed at the attention to detail for the review of my essays for cyclodextrins (CDs). I had mistakenly written In an aqueous solution, the polar CD cavity is filled with water. It should have read: In an aqueous solution, the... [read more]

Dr Lisa Lines’ editing work was invaluable to the final stage of writing my thesis. Her edits made the thesis much more readable. I hadn’t realised that where I should have written one word, I wrote several. Editing sorted this problem... [read more]

The fast, elegant and professional service provided by Dr Lines and her team saved me hours, days and weeks of work for which I am truly grateful. They worked to very tight deadlines and formatted, fixed and corrected my thesis so that I could submit... [read more]

A good editor may be the difference between a pass or fail, or more positively, a High Distinction or a Distinction. A good editor will not only attend to spelling, grammar, syntax and structure but will also read and understand the point of the... [read more]

My favourite part of YECL was that Capstone Editing provided an excitingly long list of writing and editing resources. Before enrolling in the course, I had completed a bachelor’s degree, but my study had not focused solely on editing or... [read more]

I would highly recommend the YECL course to anyone looking to build a career in editing. Dr Lisa Lines is a great mentor, and the course is jam-packed with valuable, practical information on all areas of editing. For me, as someone who had already... [read more]

The YECL course was, in respect to greatly refining and enhancing my academic and other editing skills and shaping me to work as an editor, a tremendous experience. The face-to-face workshops were professionally run by the wonderful Capstone Editing... [read more]

I used Capstone Editing for my PhD thesis and am very impressed and satisfied with their professionalism and the quality of their work. I am grateful for their numerous corrections and identifications of errors with my grammar, clarity and wording... [read more]

I highly recommend Capstone Editing for their professionalism with editing my PhD thesis for publication. My editor showed remarkable patience with re-formatting over 1,000 footnotes to meet publishing requirements and changes to the text were... [read more]

I engaged Capstone Editing to assist me with the copyediting of my doctoral dissertation, which needed to be completed in a short period. Capstone Editing provided me with an excellent, efficient and timely service that permitted me to lodge my PhD... [read more]

Dr Lisa Lines is a very professional and devoted editor. She knows exactly what a thesis should be like and provides a top-class job. She made sure everything in my thesis was consistent and provided me with constructive comments. Moreover, Lisa... [read more]

I was up to the 22nd draft of my manuscript and desperately needed help when I came across Capstone Editing. I was very anxious about submitting my work to them as I am dyslexic and need a lot of support. My mum and aunty usually provide editing... [read more]

Completing a Master’s degree is not for the faint-hearted. It can be horrendously stressful and can consume your every waking thought. Two years later, I can say that I survived the journey and I passed with the highest honours. I would like to... [read more]

I am happy and highly satisfied with Capstone Editing. Capstone Editing provided extremely high-quality improvements to my thesis in many different ways, such as improving my writing, formatting, developing the logic between paragraphs as well as... [read more]

I would like to recommend Capstone Editing to any serious researcher and PhD candidate who is targeting a high-level journal. Their service is very professional and timely. The editors certainly have an eagle’s eye for the consistency... [read more]

I am very impressed by the professionalism of Capstone Editing. Dr Lisa is fast, and the work she performs is of a very high standard. I personally believe that Dr Lisa and Capstone Editing improved my PhD thesis to a much higher quality. Because I... [read more]

Editing is often the most difficult part of writing. Nobody wants to find a mistake in the paper they have worked so hard to complete; it is even more frustrating when it is a simple typo or grammatical error that could have been easily fixed. That... [read more]

I am so glad that I recently used your editorial services. The high standard of editing you provided ensured that I was able to submit my exegesis knowing that it reads well and is grammatically correct. You have helped me to produce a document that... [read more]

I was ecstatic when I read my edited Honours thesis. Dr Lisa Lines was very thorough, offered a significant depth of insight, and improved my thesis beyond my expectations. Her attention to detail to grammar, syntax and referencing is commendable. I... [read more]

I am very grateful and impressed by Dr Lisa Lines’ fantastic feedback and editing of my thesis. Lisa’s comments were really thorough and detailed, and while it amazed me how many small details one can miss at the end of writing a PhD... [read more]

Capstone has provided invaluable assistance, expertise and flexibility with excellent editing of a large number of complex chapters for an international handbook volume for Routledge press. I highly recommend Capstone to academics and PhD students.

I speak English as my second language. Sometimes I just can’t tell if I use a word or write a sentence in the correct way. Capstone Editing provides excellent services, editing my language and giving me practical suggestions in terms of... [read more]

My thesis required professional editing to address a terrifying number of typos and referencing errors that I simply could not detect myself in the final stages of submission. Law is a field that requires compliance with a very narrow and specialised... [read more]

I am very impressed by the professionalism and accuracy of Dr Lisa Lines and her team at Capstone Editing. Not only did she correct errors that were not visible to me, but she also explained how to improve and excel at academic writing for my current... [read more]

Writing a doctoral thesis takes time and when your deadline is looming, and you cannot cope with all your tasks, professional editing and formatting is a wonderful time-saver and ensures you don’t need to rush and can focus on other tasks like... [read more]